#44

Cade Denhoff

Senior defensive end on Clemson's 2025 roster.

DE · Clemson · Sr. · #44

6′5″ · 260 lb · Plant City, FL

CFB Index 16 · #387 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Clemson for 2026

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1 TFL · 22 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 5 tackles, vs Penn State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end on Clemson's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

Cade Denhoff

DE · Clemson · Sr · #44

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. This is his third year in the same defensive front at Clemson. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Penn State — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 26-14 over that span.

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #387 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (17th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1869 / 2975 · 36th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th pct

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road4g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

16 · #387 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #387 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #15 of 15 ACC DEs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Clemson	22	7	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2024	Clemson	14	8	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Clemson	12	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		48	22	5.0	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 20–19

at Louisville

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With J. Smith — -13 rush yds (1 car) · C. Klubnik — 187 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.6 · -6 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17vs LSU	2	0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 27-16vs Troy	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-34vs Syracuse	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-10@ North Carolina	3	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 10	L 45-46vs Duke	3	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Florida State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 20-19@ Louisville	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 28-14@ South Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-22vs Penn State	5	1	0.0	—	0
Total		22	7	1.0	—	1