Cade Denhoff is a defensive end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Clemson.
Denhoff holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the same defensive front at Clemson. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Penn State — Bowl, 2025.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17vs No. 9 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16vs Troy | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-24@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-34vs Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-10@ North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 45-46vs Duke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-10vs Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-19@ No. 19 Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-14@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-22vs Penn State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
5%1 TFL22 tackles · 1 for loss.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 26-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 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
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
53.8%
474 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #387 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #15 of 15 ACC DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
