Player Dossier

2025-2025

Missouri 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 16.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.4

Efficiency

16.6

Consistency

22

Season Value

25.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Missouri State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Missouri State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

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.

Caden Wiest, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Missouri State. Caden Wiest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Missouri State paired 7 primary output with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.6 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Missouri State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

16.6

Usage

6.4

Consistency

22

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. Unknown: 0. Liberty: 1. UTEP: 0. Kennesaw State: 2.5. Louisiana Tech: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 4 by 46.7. USC: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 0 by 0. Liberty: 0 by 10. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Kennesaw State: 4 by 41.7. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 17.5

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=2 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · n=5 · +0.7 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · n=4 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · n=4 · +0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

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 StateL 28-3442111
Sat 11/29vs Louisiana TechL 30-42300.5000
Sat 11/22@ Kennesaw StateL 34-41401.5010
Sat 11/15vs UTEPW 38-2410000
Sat 11/8@ LibertyW 21-1700001
Sat 9/20vs Unknown00000
Sat 9/13vs SMUL 10-2822000
Sat 8/30@ USCL 13-7311000

Career Arc

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

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    Missouri State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonMissouri State716.66.4
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri State716.66.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arkansas State

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 56 takeover score.

#2

Kennesaw State

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#3

Louisiana Tech

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 16.3 takeover score.

#4

Liberty

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.

#5

SMU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Missouri State

7 primary output · 16.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage

25.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

25.8

7 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 8 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Caden Wiest quick answers

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
15