Caden Telleson is a developing linebacker with real tackling upside and a redshirt runway
Telleson enters 2026 as a 5-foot-11, 220-pound redshirt sophomore at Eastern Illinois, but he has yet to log a college game after redshirting in 2023 and sitting out 2024, so the upside story is still ahead of the production story. His draw is the high-contact profile he showed at Redondo Union, where he posted 53 tackles, an interception, and two forced fumbles as a senior before injury cut his season short. If you want a physical, downhill LB with special-teams energy and room to grow, he’s a buy-low eval; if you need proven FCS production today, the résumé is still waiting to catch up.
