Player Dossier

2016-2019

Wake Forest

Cade Carney

RB • 5'11" • 215 lbs • Advance, NC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Cade Carney leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

70%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Cade Carney built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Advance, NC wearing No. 36, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Cade Carney's career was his backfield work: 2,446...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8483

Davidson Day · Mocksville, NC

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Cade Carney, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Wake Forest. Cade Carney leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,613
Rushing yards
2,446
Receiving yards
167
Touchdowns
21

Quick Answers

Cade Carney quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,613
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 42 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Wake Forest
Top game
Duke
Recruit profile
3-star · Davidson Day · Wake Forest
High school pipeline
Davidson Day · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 36 · Senior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
648 scrimmage yards · RB 147th (top 23%) · ACC 33rd (top 12%) · National 321st (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 PostseasonWake Forest1071710163.7
2016 Regular SeasonWake Forest1059251874563.7
2017 PostseasonWake Forest813130135
2017 Regular SeasonWake Forest825021931135
2018 PostseasonWake Forest13625111067.1
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest1397795423867.1
2019 PostseasonWake Forest1164640059.9
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest1158455628559.9

Related Context

Cade Carney played RB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cade Carney recorded 2,446 rushing yards, 167 receiving yards, and 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 1,039 primary output with 51.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 39 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Win with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

66.3

Efficiency

39

Usage

30.8

Consistency

64

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 71. Tulane: 34. Duke: 117. Syracuse: 110. Florida State: 35. Army: 20. Virginia: 102. Louisville: 50. Clemson: 76. Boston College: 48

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 17 by 43.5. Tulane: 9 by 34.5. Duke: 19 by 65.4. Syracuse: 30 by 37.7. Florida State: 11 by 33.9. Army: 6 by 34.2. Virginia: 24 by 41.3. Louisville: 17 by 30.6. Clemson: 20 by 36.3. Boston College: 15 by 32.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins86.8 · Games = 5 · +41 vs Losses
Losses45.8 · Games = 5 · -41 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

65.4 vs Duke

Result
Tue 12/27vs TempleW 34-2617714.2014.2
Sat 11/26vs Boston CollegeL 14-1714433.100153.2
Sun 11/20vs ClemsonL 13-3518593.3012173.8
Sun 11/13@ LouisvilleL 12-4417502.9002.9
Sat 11/5vs VirginiaW 27-2023873.8001154.3
Sat 10/29vs ArmyL 13-214133.300273.3
Sat 10/15@ Florida StateL 6-1710333.300123.2
Sat 10/8vs Syracuse100 rush yardsW 28-9291043.601163.7
Sat 9/10@ Duke100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 24-14171086.403296.2
Thu 9/1vs TulaneW 7-3721302133.8

Player Story

Cade Carney story

Cade Carney built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Advance, NC wearing No. 36, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Cade Carney's career was his backfield work: 2,446 rushing yards, 565 carries, 21 rushing touchdowns, and 167 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Wake Forest. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 167 receiving yards and 9 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.

The arc is straightforward: Cade Carney moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonWake Forest6633930.8
2016 Regular SeasonWake Forest6633930.80
2017 PostseasonWake Forest26337.313.9-400
2017 Regular SeasonWake Forest26337.313.90
2018 PostseasonWake Forest1,03951.922.3776
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest1,03951.922.30
2019 PostseasonWake Forest64840.121.7-391
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest64840.121.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Duke

Week 13 · W 59-7 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

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Scrimmage Yards

91.6 takeover

223 scrimmage yards and 41.3 usage.

#2

@ Duke

Week 2 · W 24-14 · Conference game

117

Scrimmage Yards

86.4 takeover

Win with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

117 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.

#3

@ Georgia Tech

Week 8 · L 24-38 · Conference game

93

Scrimmage Yards

83.2 takeover

Loss with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

93 scrimmage yards and 41.7 usage.

#4

vs Syracuse

Week 6 · W 28-9 · Conference game

110

Scrimmage Yards

77.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

110 scrimmage yards and 46.9 usage.

#5

vs Virginia

Week 10 · W 27-20 · Conference game

102

Scrimmage Yards

76.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

102 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Wake Forest

1,039 primary output · 51.9 efficiency · 22.3 usage

67.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Wake Forest

67.1

1,039 primary · 51.9 efficiency · 22.3 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Wake Forest

63.7

663 primary · 39 efficiency · 30.8 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games