Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
San Diego State paired 20.5 primary output with 40.2 efficiency.
Player Stats
Caden McDonald College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 161
- TFL
- 30
- Sacks
- 12.5
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 2
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | San Diego State | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | San Diego State | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | San Diego State | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | San Diego State | 13 | 30 | 5.5 | 2.5 | - | 1 | 2 | 38.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 8 | 34 | 10 | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 62.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | San Diego State | 14 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 14 | 48 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 53.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 11 | 41 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.8 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · San Diego State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
26.9
Usage
7.7
Consistency
26.8
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho State
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Active game
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0.5. Idaho State: 3.5. Utah: 0. Toledo: 2. Boise State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 0.5. Fresno State: 2.5. UNLV: 3. San José State: 0. Air Force: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 6 by 30. Idaho State: 8 by 68.3. Utah: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 4 by 36.7. Boise State: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 5 by 20.8. Nevada: 2 by 13.3. Fresno State: 4 by 41.7. UNLV: 2 by 38.3. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
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