Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Wisconsin
Cade McDonald
DL • 6'6" • 285 lbs • Houlton, WI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cade McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Cade McDonald, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Cade McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 12
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Cade McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · DL
- Career Tackles
- 12
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hudson · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Hudson · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 96 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DL 816th (top 80%) · Big Ten 497th (top 61%) · National 3,823rd (top 63%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 33.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.1 |
Related Context
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Cade McDonald played DL for Wisconsin. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cade McDonald recorded 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 1 primary output with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
5.6
Usage
2.7
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. USC: 0. Rutgers: 1. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. USC: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 0 by 10. Iowa: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
10 vs Rutgers
Career Arc
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Wisconsin
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rutgers
Week 7 · W 42-7 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 10 · L 14-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 11 · L 10-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
#4
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 66-7
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Michigan State
Week 7 · L 28-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
1 primary output · 5.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage
34.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin
33.5
1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin
31.6
1 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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