Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 10-20vs Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 3-10vs Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-27vs Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#32
Cade Carlson
Sophomore safety on Auburn's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Eads, TN · Briarcrest Christian
Returning to Auburn for 2026
Cade Carlson
One game to point at: 1 tackles against Alabama — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
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Career arc
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
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| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Auburn | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Auburn
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Auburn
Returning around him
- 5 Auburn players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (39 in / 39 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Auburn · Last season: 5-7 (AP #22) · Talent rank #18 · 2026 recruiting class #31
The secondary · Auburn
- #23Fred Gaskin53 tackles · 2025
- #8Kaleb Harris50 tackles · 2025
- #5Eric Winters33 tackles · 2025
- Sylvester Smith28 tackles · 2025
- #32Cade Carlson3 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · Auburn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology