Usage Score
6.3
Player Dossier
2021-2025Clemson
Cade Denhoff
DE • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Plant City, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cade Denhoff shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.
Efficiency
9.9
Consistency
9.1
Season Value
13.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Clemson
2122232324242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 8
- Program Path
- Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Cade Denhoff, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Clemson. Cade Denhoff shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Clemson paired 5 primary output with 9.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2024 Postseason · Clemson
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
9.9
Usage
6.3
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Game-by-Game Trend
1234567891011
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. NC State: 0. Stanford: 0. Florida State: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Virginia: 0. Louisville: 0. Pittsburgh: 2. Unknown: 0. South Carolina: 1. SMU: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Low volume / high quality
High volume / high quality
Low volume / lower quality
High volume / lower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 0 by 0. Pittsburgh: 1 by 24.2. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. SMU: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
Wins0.6 · n=7 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=3 · -0.2 vs Wins
First Half0 · n=6 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · n=5 · +1 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs SMU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/21 | @ Texas | L 24-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/8 | @ SMU | W 34-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs South Carolina | L 14-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Unknown | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Pittsburgh | W 24-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Louisville | L 21-33 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Virginia | W 48-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Wake Forest | W 49-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Florida State | W 29-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Stanford | W 40-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs NC State | W 59-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Clemson
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20212022202320232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Clemson | 1 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Clemson | 5 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 5 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Clemson | 2 | 11.1 | 2.3 | -3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
SMU
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
#2
Pittsburgh
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.
#3
Kentucky
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.3 takeover score.
#4
Duke
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.
#5
South Carolina
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2024 Postseason · Clemson
5 primary output · 9.9 efficiency · 6.3 usage
13.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Clemson
13.3
5 primary · 9.9 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Clemson
8.6
2 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2021 · Rating 0.9536
Lakeland Christian School · Lakeland, FL
- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Career Facts
1
Career teams
8
Seasons tracked
48
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 30 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.