Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025California
Cade Uluave
LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • South Jordan, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cade Uluave shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Cade Uluave built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from South Jordan, UT, spending time with California. The clearest part of Cade Uluave's career was his defensive production: 232 tackles,...
Read the storyCade Uluave, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · California. Cade Uluave shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 232
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Cade Uluave quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · LB
- Career Tackles
- 232
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · California
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Mountain Ridge · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 97 tackles · LB 47th (top 4%) · ACC 7th (top 1%) · National 57th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | California | 8 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 8 | 59 | 6.5 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | California | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 60.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 8 | 64 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 60.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | California | 12 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 76.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | California | 12 | 88 | 11.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 76.2 |
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Cade Uluave played LB for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cade Uluave recorded 232 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
California paired 23 primary output with 50.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 48.2 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: UC Davis
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · California
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
48.2
Usage
11
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
UC Davis
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0.5. UC Davis: 3.5. Auburn: 0. San Diego State: 3. Florida State: 1. Miami: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. NC State: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 4 by 21.7. UC Davis: 8 by 68.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. San Diego State: 11 by 75.8. Florida State: 11 by 55.8. Miami: 15 by 70. Pittsburgh: 8 by 33.3. NC State: 9 by 52.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.2 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UC Davis
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs San Diego State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/19 | @ UNLV | L 13-24 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs NC State | L 23-24 | 9 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Pittsburgh | L 15-17 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | vs Miami10+ tackles · Splash game | L 38-39 | 15 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Florida State10+ tackles | L 9-14 | 11 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs San Diego State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 31-10 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Auburn | W 21-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UC DavisSplash game | W 31-13 | 8 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Cade Uluave story
Cade Uluave built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from South Jordan, UT, spending time with California. The clearest part of Cade Uluave's career was his defensive production: 232 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with California. 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 Cade Uluave's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.
The arc is straightforward: Cade Uluave 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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- 1
California
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | California | 13.5 | 50.7 | 12.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 13.5 | 50.7 | 12.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | California | 11.5 | 48.2 | 11 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 11.5 | 48.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | California | 23 | 50.4 | 16.2 | 11.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | California | 23 | 50.4 | 16.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 105 Virginia Tech
Week 9 · L 34-42 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 13 · W 33-7 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#3
vs USC
Week 9 · L 49-50 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
93.9 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.
#4
vs UC Davis
Week 1 · W 31-13
3.5
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#5
vs San Diego State
Week 3 · W 31-10
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Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · California
23 primary output · 50.4 efficiency · 16.2 usage
76.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · California
76.2
23 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 16.2 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · California
61.3
13.5 primary · 50.7 efficiency · 12.7 usage
Milestones
15
Impact games
12
Splash games
11
10+ tackle games
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