#18

Cade Ballard

Senior quarterback for Army. 2022: 363 passing yards, 2 TD, 2 INT.

QB · Army · Sr. · #18

5′9″ · 200 lb · Greeneville, TN

Army 2022 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for Army. 2022: 363 passing yards, 2 TD, 2 INT.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Army in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2722 nationally · Signed with Army

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Army, 469 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2019

Signed with Army2-star out of Greeneville

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2722 national

CFB

College

Army

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Jeff Monken

Army

Played his entire career under Jeff Monken.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jeff Monken — 24-13 over that span.

2020Army9-3HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2021Army9-4HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2022Army6-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (92nd percentile). Concern: completion % (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Interceptions#10 / 177 · 92nd pct

Yards / att#55 / 177 · 68th pct

7.9

Rush yards#62 / 177 · 66th pct

196

Rush TDs#111 / 177 · 29th pct

Pass TDs#170 / 177 · 3rd pct

Pass yards#177 / 177 · 1st pct

363

Completion %#178 / 177 · 0th pct

43.5%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	43.3	0.2	4.8	0.2
Road3g	34.3	0.3	6.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	67.0	0.4	7.2	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	7.0	0.0	1.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Army	20	46	43.5%	363	7.9	2	2	115.4	50	--	--
2021	Army	--	2	0.0%	--	0.0	0	1	-100.0	--	--	--
2020	Army	2	4	50.0%	106	26.5	1	0	355.1	--	--	--
Career		22	52	42.3%	469	9.0	3	3	125.6	50	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Army	49	196	4.0	1	--
2021	Army	7	40	5.7	0	--
2020	Army	9	20	2.2	1	--
Career		65	256	3.9	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +6.53Cade Ballard pass complete to Braheam Murphy for 73 yds for a TD, (Quinn Maretzki KICK)
Week 2 · UTSA · 1&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.95Cade Ballard pass complete to Isaiah Alston for 48 yds to the TexSA 32 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UTSA · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Cade Ballard run for 21 yds to the TexSA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Navy · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Cade Ballard run for 11 yds to the Navy 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UTSA · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.65Cade Ballard pass complete to Braheam Murphy for 42 yds to the TexSA 1 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UTSA · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Cade Ballard pass complete to Tyrell Robinson for 15 yds to the TexSA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Navy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Cade Ballard pass complete to Braheam Murphy for 26 yds to the Navy 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UTSA · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.17Cade Ballard run for 13 yds to the Army 38 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Wake Forest · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA -1.97Cade Ballard pass complete to Tyrell Robinson for 1 yd to the WFrst 33
Week 5 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Cade Ballard run for 21 yds to the Army 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 28-38@ Coastal Carolina	3/5	88	1	0	17.6	39.5
Wk 2	L 38-41vs UTSA	11/15	221	1	0	14.7	66.8	Season-high 221 yds
Wk 3	W 49-10vs Villanova	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	92.0
Wk 5	L 14-31vs Georgia State	1/7	11	0	1	1.6	14.8
Wk 6	L 10-45@ Wake Forest	3/7	15	0	1	2.1	7.3
Wk 8	W 48-24vs UL Monroe	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 12	W 34-17vs UConn	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	W 44-7@ Massachusetts	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	0.2
Wk 15	W 20-17vs Navy	2/10	28	0	0	2.8	—
Total		20/46	363	2	2	5.5	36.8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology