Mattathias Caliban
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| No. 8 – Prospect | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 7, 2016 (aged 47) Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Boynton Beach Community High School |
| College: | University of Louisville |
| Career history | |
| Roster status: | Active |
Player stats at ISFL.net | |
Mattathias Caliban (born January 7, 2016) is an American football quarterback who is currently preparing to enter the professional ranks. He played college football for University of Louisville (UofL) and has declared his intent to enter the professional ranks next season.
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Early years
Mattathias Caliban was born in Hollywood, Florida on January 7, 2016. Throughout his childhood, his passion was always playing sports. During his younger years, he experiemented with playing football, basketball, and baseball. However, as he got older, he decided to mainly focus on football as that was his favorite sport. He attended Boynton Beach Community High School and played the on the football team there. He had the option to play many different positions as he was the fastest player on the team, however, he wanted to play quarterback as he enjoyed the mental aspects of the position. Caliban also ran on the track team during the offseason to help him stay in shape. He helped lead his football team to a state championship in his senior year of high school and was viewed as one of the top quarterback prospects in the nation coming out of high school with elite duel threat potential.
College career
Caliban was heavily recruited as a 5 star recruit coming out of high school. However, he ultimately chose to sign with the University of Louisville as they were the first school to reach out to him during his high school career. At Louisville, he became a starter as a true freshman. As a freshman, he dazzled with his duel threat playing style. He would pass for 3124 yards and 25 touchdowns with 8 interceptions that year while also running for 879 yards and 8 touchdowns. The Cardinals finished 9-3 in his rookie season, which was not enough for a playoff spot but did earn them a spot in the Orange Bowl where they would defeat the LSU Tigers 35-28.
After a great freshman year, Caliban was poised for a big sophomore year. He entered the season as one of the Heisman favorites and he lived up to the hype. Through 9 games, he had led the Cardinals to a 9-0 record while throwing for 4225 yards and 32 touchdowns with just 4 interceptions while also rushing for 1021 yards and 10 touchdowns. However, during the final drive of that 9th game, he suffered a major injury. As he was throwing the pass that would put his team in range for a game winning field goal, he took a big hit that resulted in a torn ACL and a dislocated knee. His stellar season came to an abrupt end as doctors questioned whether he would ever play football again. After looking like early championship favorites, Louisville would not win another game that season after Caliban's injury.
It was a long recovery process for Caliban to come back after his injury. The doctors informed him early on that he would not be ready to play at all in his junior season. That offseason, Louisville recruited Andrew Church, a quarterback in his junior year transfering from Ohio State, as they doubted whether Caliban would ever be able to play football at a high level again. The biggest issue for Caliban was that a large part of his game came from his athleticism and his talent as a duel threat. Even if he was able to return to football shape, he was informed that he would never make it back to the same level of speed as he had before the injury. However, Caliban refused to give up on his career and was determined to make a comeback. He spent his time during recovery studying game film and working on the mental aspect of his game. He planned to reinvent his playstyle once he was able to play again and become more of a pocket passer while he worked to regain his athleticism. However, by the time Caliban was medically cleared to play football again, the college season was already over. His ability to start the following season was in doubt as Louisville was hesitant to commit to a player with questionable health when they had already found a replacement. Caliban began to consider other options. He didn't want to transfer to a new school and start all over for one more year of college. However, he heard about another option to end his college career and to instead enter the DSFL's waiver system. This would allow a DSFL team to pick him up for the remainder of the season, which could give him the chance to get a little bit of game experience after the injury before entering the DSFL draft. He entered the waiver system, but he was not claimed and so he had to sit out the rest of the season. He will now have to impress teams during his workouts and hope that he is able to convince one of them to draft him so that he will have the chance to revive his career.
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad |
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| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
230 lb (104 kg) |
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