#21

Cade Harris

Senior wide receiver for Air Force. 2025: 35 catches, 584 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Air Force · Sr. · #21

5′8″ · 185 lb · South Weber, UT

CFB Index 60 · #133 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Air Force for 2026

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Yards / catch: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

584

receiving yards · 2025

35 catches · 2 TD · 16.7 per catch

Best game: 8 rec, 177 yds, vs Boise State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Air Force. 2025: 35 catches, 584 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Air Force in 2021.

His career, year by year

Cade Harris

WR · Air Force · Sr · #21

Beats you over the top. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Air Force behind him. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 177 rec yds, 15 rush yds against Boise State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recruiting profile
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 28-22 over that span.

2022Air Force10-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2023Air Force9-4HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Air Force5-7HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #133 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (95th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#42 / 798 · 95th pct

17.0

Explosive rate#63 / 798 · 92nd pct

19.2%

EPA / target#121 / 798 · 85th pct

0.67

TD rate#239 / 798 · 70th pct

3.8%

Catch rate#421 / 798 · 47th pct

67.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#1 / 287 · 100th pct

Rush yards#4 / 287 · 99th pct

321

Yards / catch#62 / 558 · 89th pct

16.7

Long catch#63 / 558 · 88th pct

Rec yards#161 / 558 · 71st pct

584

Receptions#230 / 558 · 58th pct

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

100th → 92nd percentile

Catch rate

91st → 47th percentile

TD rate

79th → 70th percentile

Yards / catch

94th → 95th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

19%10 of his 52 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.7	73.8	21.5	0.3
Road6g	2.2	23.5	11.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	82.0	22.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	15.3	7.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #133 of 485 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #133 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #11 of 41 Mountain West WRs

How the All-Mountain West 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	Air Force	35	584	16.7	2	--
2024	Air Force	23	368	16.0	2	--
2023	Air Force	5	179	35.8	1	--
2022	Air Force	2	45	22.5	1	--
Career		65	1,176	18.1	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	61	321	152	8	--
2024	Air Force	48	279	33	24	--
2023	Air Force	11	81	--	1	--
2022	Air Force	1	2	--	--	--
Career		121	683	185	33	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 49–13

vs Bucknell

66 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 36-point win at home against Bucknell.

With J. Johnson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 5 rush yds (3 car) · L. Szarka — 47 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.8 · 7 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Hawai'i · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +6.53Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 73 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 4 · Boise State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.84Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 74 yds to the BOIS 1 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Bucknell · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.95Josh Johnson pass complete to Cade Harris for 62 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 41 yds to the HAW 34 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boise State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 11 yds to the BOIS 44 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.57(02:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #21 C.Harris rush left for 9 yards loss to the UConn45 (#5 A.Key)
Week 4 · Boise State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 29 yds to the BOIS 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Bucknell · 1&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Cade Harris run for 9 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 3 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.38Josh Johnson pass complete to Cade Harris for 36 yds to the USU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UNLV · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Cade Harris run for 4 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Bucknell	3	83	27.7	1	62
Wk 3	L 30-49@ Utah State	2	63	31.5	0	36
Wk 4	L 37-49vs Boise State	8	177	22.1	0	74	Season-high 177 yds
Wk 5	L 35-44vs Hawai'i	3	116	38.7	1	73
Wk 6	L 31-34@ Navy	3	7	2.3	0	5
Wk 7	L 48-51@ UNLV	4	46	11.5	0	17
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Wyoming	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	L 17-20vs Army	6	44	7.3	0	14
Wk 11	W 26-16@ San José State	2	0	0.0	0	2
Wk 12	L 16-26@ UConn	2	25	12.5	0	24
Wk 13	L 3-20vs New Mexico	2	23	11.5	0	18
Wk 14	W 42-21@ Colorado State	—	—	—	—	—
Total		35	584	16.5	2	74

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

Cade Harris

2021

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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