Caleb Jarod Huntley (born September 15, 1998) is an American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ball State and was signed by the Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2021.
Huntley grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Locust Grove High School and was a four-year letterman. He played four seasons as a varsity football player as a running back and finished his career with 3,135 yards and 30 touchdowns. As a senior in 2016, he ran for 1,487 yards and scored 13 touchdowns, earning Region 4/5A Offensive Player of the Year honors. He recorded more than 100 rushing yards in every game of the 2016 season and holds the single-season rushing record and rushing yards per game record at Locust Grove. He was a three-star recruit according to 247Sports.
Huntley had committed to Western Kentucky, but they decided not to have him on the team as a result of poor grades in high school. He instead signed with Ball State. As a freshman in 2017, he appeared in all 12 games and started the concluding seven, recording 1,003 rushing yards on 210 attempts, both leading the team. He is one of only two freshmen in school history to run for over 1,000 yards. He was given the John Hodge Award at the end of the year, given to the best Ball State freshman.
Where did Caleb Huntley go to high school?
Huntley grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Locust Grove High School and was a four-year letterman. Locust Grove is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,402 at the 2010 census, up from 2,322 in 2000. Some unincorporated communities such as Luella and many rural areas surround Locust Grove, and those communities have Locust Grove postal addresses.
Locust Grove has experienced a growth in population and in businesses coming into the area. In 1900 the population of the city was 254 and is now over 5,000.
The community was named for a grove of locust trees near the original town site. Georgia General Assembly incorporated Locust Grove in 1893.
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