Player Dossier

2023-2025

California

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.

Usage Score

16.2

Efficiency

50.4

Consistency

54.4

Season Value

55.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cade 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.

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

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 50.4 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 Tech

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. 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 Postseason · California

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

50.4

Usage

16.2

Consistency

54.4

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0.5. Oregon State: 3.5. Texas Southern: 1.5. Minnesota: 0. San Diego State: 2. Boston College: 2. Duke: 1.5. North Carolina: 4. Virginia Tech: 5. Virginia: 1. Stanford: 0. SMU: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 9 by 42.5. Oregon State: 10 by 76.7. Texas Southern: 5 by 35.8. Minnesota: 9 by 37.5. San Diego State: 10 by 61.7. Boston College: 6 by 45. Duke: 12 by 65. North Carolina: 10 by 81.7. Virginia Tech: 19 by 100. Virginia: 0 by 10. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.2 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Thu 12/25@ Hawai'iL 31-35970.5000
Sun 11/30vs SMUSplash gameW 38-3564100
Sun 11/23@ StanfordL 10-3110000
Sat 11/1vs VirginiaL 21-3100001
Fri 10/24@ Virginia Tech10+ tackles · 2+ sacksL 34-42199320
Sat 10/18vs North Carolina10+ tackles · Splash gameW 21-18106102
Sun 10/5vs Duke10+ tacklesL 21-451210.5001
Sat 9/27@ Boston CollegeSplash gameW 28-2463110
Sun 9/21@ San Diego State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 0-34105200
Sun 9/14vs MinnesotaW 27-1492000
Sat 9/6vs Texas SouthernW 35-3510.5000
Sun 8/31@ Oregon State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 34-151042.5000

Career Arc

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    California

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonCalifornia13.550.712.7
2023 Regular SeasonCalifornia13.550.712.70
2024 PostseasonCalifornia11.548.211-2
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia11.548.2110
2025 PostseasonCalifornia2350.416.211.5
2025 Regular SeasonCalifornia2350.416.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Virginia Tech

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.4 takeover score.

#2

UCLA

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#3

USC

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

UC Davis

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.4 takeover score.

#5

San Diego State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · California

23 primary output · 50.4 efficiency · 16.2 usage

55.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · California

55.3

23 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 16.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · California

39.9

11.5 primary · 48.2 efficiency · 11 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

12

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8656

Mountain Ridge · Herriman, UT

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

232

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 28 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.