Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Missouri State
Caden Wiest
DL • 6'4" • 265 lbs • Reeds Spring, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caden Wiest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Missouri State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Caden Wiest built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Reeds Spring, MO wearing No. 30, spending time with Missouri State. The clearest part of Caden Wiest's career was his defensive production: 15...
Read the storyCaden Wiest, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri State. Caden Wiest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 15
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Caden Wiest quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Missouri State
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · DL 475th (top 44%) · Conference USA 224th (top 41%) · National 2,413th (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Missouri State | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 52.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri State | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52.7 |
Related Context
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Caden Wiest played DL for Missouri State. Across 1 tracked season, Caden Wiest recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Missouri State paired 9 primary output with 19.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.1 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: Arkansas State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Missouri State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
19.1
Usage
6.3
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 3. USC: 0. SMU: 0. UT Martin: 2. Liberty: 1. UTEP: 0. Kennesaw State: 2.5. Louisiana Tech: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 4 by 46.7. USC: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 2 by 8.3. UT Martin: 0 by 20. Liberty: 0 by 10. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Kennesaw State: 4 by 41.7. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 17.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | @ Arkansas StateSplash game | L 28-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 30-42 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Kennesaw StateSplash game | L 34-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs UTEP | W 38-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Liberty | W 21-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs UT MartinSplash game | W 42-10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs SMU | L 10-28 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ USC | L 13-73 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caden Wiest story
Caden Wiest built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Reeds Spring, MO wearing No. 30, spending time with Missouri State. The clearest part of Caden Wiest's career was his defensive production: 15 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Caden Wiest's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Missouri State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Missouri State | 9 | 19.1 | 6.3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri State | 9 | 19.1 | 6.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 1 · L 28-34 · Postseason
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 13 · L 34-41 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#3
vs UT Martin
Week 4 · W 42-10
2
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 77 Louisiana Tech
Week 14 · L 30-42 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
34.5 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 34.5 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 102 Liberty
Week 11 · W 21-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
14.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Missouri State
9 primary output · 19.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage
52.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
52.7
9 primary · 19.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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