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Player Dossier
2021-2025NC State
Caden Fordham
LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Ponte Vedra, FL, USA
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Caden Fordham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 59.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
Player Story
Caden Fordham built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Ponte Vedra, FL wearing No. 10, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Caden Fordham's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- NC State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Caden Fordham, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. Caden Fordham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 59.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 254
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Caden Fordham quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 254
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- North Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · The Bolles School · NC State
- High school pipeline
- The Bolles School · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 143 tackles · LB 2nd (top 1%) · ACC 1st (top 1%) · National 2nd (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | NC State | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 2023 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 26 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 6 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 65.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | NC State | 13 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 75.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 130 | 8 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 75.1 |
Related Context
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Caden Fordham played LB for NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Caden Fordham recorded 254 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
NC State paired 22 primary output with 59.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 22.4 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: Virginia
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · NC State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
22.4
Usage
4.8
Consistency
10.3
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 2. UConn: 0. Notre Dame: 0. VMI: 0. Virginia: 2. Louisville: 0. Marshall: 0.5. Duke: 0. Clemson: 2.5. Miami: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. North Carolina: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas State: 5 by 40.8. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 5 by 20.8. VMI: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 12 by 70. Louisville: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 5 by 25.8. Duke: 3 by 12.5. Clemson: 6 by 50. Miami: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 4 by 16.7. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
70 vs Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/28 | @ Kansas StateSplash game | L 19-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | vs North Carolina | W 39-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Virginia Tech | W 35-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Wake Forest | W 26-6 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | vs Miami | W 20-6 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs ClemsonSplash game | W 24-17 | 6 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | @ Duke | L 3-24 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Marshall | W 48-41 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/29 | vs Louisville | L 10-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/22 | @ Virginia10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-21 | 12 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs VMI | W 45-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Notre Dame | L 24-45 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | @ UConn | W 24-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caden Fordham story
Caden Fordham built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Ponte Vedra, FL wearing No. 10, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Caden Fordham's career was his defensive production: 254 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Caden Fordham's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.
The arc is straightforward: Caden Fordham 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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NC State
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 12.5 | 2.5 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | NC State | 7 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | NC State | 7 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 55 | 12.5 | 6 |
| 2025 Postseason | NC State | 22 | 59.5 | 13.3 | 9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 22 | 59.5 | 13.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 91 North Carolina
Week 14 · W 42-19 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
98.3 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Northern Illinois
Week 5 · W 24-17
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Havoc Plays
93 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93 takeover score.
#3
vs Wake Forest
Week 6 · L 30-34 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
92.8 takeover
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 35 Georgia Tech
Week 10 · W 48-36 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
87.6 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia
Week 4 · W 24-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · NC State
22 primary output · 59.5 efficiency · 13.3 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · NC State
75.1
22 primary · 59.5 efficiency · 13.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · NC State
65.8
13 primary · 55 efficiency · 12.5 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
11
Splash games
12
10+ tackle games
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