Player Dossier

2021-2023

Ohio State

Cayden Saunders

RB • 5'9" • 188 lbs • Northville, MI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Cayden Saunders leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

3

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Cayden Saunders, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ohio State. Cayden Saunders leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
6
Rushing yards
6

Quick Answers

Cayden Saunders quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
6
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 1 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Toledo
Latest roster
No. 26 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State00000-
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State1660059.8
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State00000-

Related Context

Cayden Saunders played RB for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cayden Saunders recorded 6 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 6 primary output with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

6

Efficiency

31.3

Usage

2.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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All Games6 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

31.3 vs Toledo

Result
Sat 9/17vs ToledoW 77-2126303

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ohio State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State631.32.86
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State0-6

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Toledo

Week 3 · W 77-21

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

6

Scrimmage Yards

46.4 takeover

6 scrimmage yards and 2.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Ohio State

6 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 2.8 usage

59.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Ohio State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Ohio State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games