Player Dossier

2022-2025

Penn State

Kaden Saunders

WR • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Kaden Saunders reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.977

Westerville South · Westerville, OH

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Kaden Saunders, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Penn State. Kaden Saunders reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
77
Receptions
8
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Kaden Saunders quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
77
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
4-star · Westerville South · Penn State
High school pipeline
Westerville South · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State1221057.3
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State7656150.9
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State2-00100
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Penn State to Southern MissP4 to G5/FCS22.6Jan 7, 2026

Kaden Saunders played WR for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kaden Saunders recorded 77 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Penn State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 0. Kent State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

— vs Kent State

Result
Sat 9/21vs Kent StateW 56-0
Sat 9/7vs Bowling GreenW 34-27

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State21706.5
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State5658.39.335
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State0-56
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 8 · L 12-20 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

73.4 takeover

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#2

vs Ohio

Week 2 · W 46-10

21

Receiving Yards

63.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 3 · W 30-13 · Conference game

19

Receiving Yards

59.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.

#4

vs Michigan

Week 11 · L 15-24 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

56.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#5

@ Northwestern

Week 5 · W 41-13 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

5.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

-1 receiving yards with a 0 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2022 Regular Season · Penn State

57.3

21 primary · 70 efficiency · 6.5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Penn State

50.9

56 primary · 58.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games