Usage Score
3.3
Player Dossier
2022-2025Purdue
C.J. Madden
DE • 6'4" • 275 lbs • Ellenwood, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
C.J. Madden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.
Efficiency
11.1
Consistency
38.9
Season Value
18.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Georgia
22232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Scouting Read
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C.J. Madden, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Georgia. C.J. Madden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.
C.J. Madden played DE for Georgia and Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, C.J. Madden recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Georgia paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 1 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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2025 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
11.1
Usage
3.3
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 1. Notre Dame: 0. Illinois: 1. Northwestern: 0.5. Rutgers: 0.5. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0
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. Ball State: 3 by 22.5. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 1 by 9.2. Rutgers: 1 by 9.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.3 · Games = 7
First Half0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.4 · Games = 8
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Indiana | L 3-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Ohio State | L 10-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Michigan | L 16-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Rutgers | L 24-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Northwestern | L 0-19 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Illinois | L 27-43 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Notre Dame | L 30-56 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Ball State | W 31-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Georgia
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Purdue
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 0.5 | 11.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 3 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Illinois
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
#2
Ball State
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.
#3
Oregon State
0.5
Primary metric
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.1 takeover score.
#4
Northwestern
0.5
Primary metric
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 21.3 takeover score.
#5
Rutgers
0.5
Primary metric
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2023 Regular Season · Georgia
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage
35.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
18.3
3 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
7.1
0.5 primary · 11.4 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2022 · Rating 0.8973
Cedar Grove · Ellenwood, GA
- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Career Facts
2
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
24
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 14 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.