Cade Klubnik

Former quarterback at Clemson. 2025: 2,943 passing yards, 16 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Clemson · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 210 lb · Austin, TX

CFB Index 54 · #55 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceWatch-list name (model)Drafted by New York — Rd 4, Pick 10, #110 overall

The numbers

2,943

passing yards · 2025

16 TD · 6 INT · 7.5 per attempt

Backed by 378 yds · 5 TD -- top 1% passing TDs game.

The play that turned itSwung Clemson from 48% to 87% to win.Duke at Clemson · 46-45

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Clemson. 2025: 2,943 passing yards, 16 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Clemson in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the New York in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball.

Interception rate: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Clemson, 10,123 passing yards — drafted at #110 overall by New York.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 314 yds at Miami.Miami · L 20-282023

202210 games

Signed with Clemson5-star out of Austin Westlake

202414 games

All-ACC

202512 games

All-ACC

2026

Drafted by New Yorkround 4, pick 110

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#6 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #110

New York · 2026

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach

2022–2025

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New York2026 NFL rookie season

#110Rd 4 · Pick 10

New York2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 37-17 over that span.

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

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

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #55 of 146?

High confidenceFading13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#31 / 183 · 83rd pct

1.3%

Explosive rate#46 / 183 · 75th pct

10.5%

Sack rate#46 / 183 · 75th pct

3.8%

Success rate#51 / 183 · 72nd pct

43.2%

EPA / dropback#79 / 183 · 57th pct

0.20

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#41 / 183 · 78th pct

2943

Completion %#50 / 183 · 73rd pct

65.6%

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Pass TDs#63 / 183 · 64th pct

Yards / att#63 / 183 · 63rd pct

7.5

Rush TDs#67 / 183 · 59th pct

Interceptions#70 / 183 · 56th pct

Rush yards#106 / 183 · 42nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

59th → 57th percentile

Success rate

69th → 72nd percentile

Explosive rate

50th → 75th percentile

Sack rate

68th → 75th percentile

Interception rate

90th → 83rd 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

247/380 (65.0%) · 16 TD · 6 INT

380 of 392 attempts matched to play-by-play

150 of 380 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

7.0763 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

3.7%60 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (60 of 206 QBs) and still 63 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

22% of attempts (33)

85%comp

Air -3.5 · YAC 9.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

41% of attempts (62)

76%comp

Air 4.0 · YAC 5.6 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

25% of attempts (37)

46%comp1 INT

Air 13.8 · YAC 1.7 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

12% of attempts (18)

44%comp

Air 28.5 · YAC 5.8 avg

Overall 65.0% completion on 380 attempts · 44% completion on 18 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 16 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-16 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/157 (1.9%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

+8 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/123 (4.1%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+14 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/103 (4.9%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~our read

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	250	1.4	7.8	0.4
Road5g	239	1.2	8.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	246	1.6	7.6	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	244	1.0	8.4	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

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #55 of 146 QBs

Former five-star. Now #55 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Clemson	257	392	65.6%	2,943	7.5	16	6	139.0	54	--	--
2024	Clemson	308	486	63.4%	3,639	7.5	36	6	148.2	60	--	--
2023	Clemson	290	454	63.9%	2,844	6.3	19	9	126.3	36	--	--
2022	Clemson	61	100	61.0%	697	7.0	2	3	120.1	44	--	--
Career		916	1,432	64.0%	10,123	7.1	73	24	136.8	49	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Clemson	83	94	1.1	4	--
2024	Clemson	119	462	3.9	7	--
2023	Clemson	125	182	1.5	4	--
2022	Clemson	42	139	3.3	2	--
Career		369	877	2.4	17	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 20–19

at Louisville

187 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.6 · -6 rush yds (6 car)

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

With J. Smith — -13 rush yds (1 car) · A. Randall — 105 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Troy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -7.15Cade Klubnik pass intercepted TJ Thompson return for 4 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe PAT MISSED)
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +6.43Cade Klubnik pass complete to Bryant Wesco Jr. for 73 yds for a TD (Nolan Hauser KICK)
Week 10 · Duke · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08T.J. Moore 75 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)
Week 10 · Duke · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +4.54(09:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 C.Klubnik pass complete deep middle to #0 A.Williams caught at DUKE47, for 64 yards to the DUKE15 (#2 J.Francois; #21 L.Callahan), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -4.31Cade Klubnik pass intercepted Omar Daniels return for 45 yds to the CLEM 48
Week 14 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA -4.03(03:49) Shotgun #2 C.Klubnik pass intercepted by #24 J.Kilgore at USC00, Touchback
Week 1 · Penn State · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.85No Huddle-Shotgun #2 C.Klubnik pass complete deep middle to #6 T.Brown caught at PSU35, for 20 yards to the PSU35 (#24 A.Campbell), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Penn State · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.67No Huddle-Shotgun #2 C.Klubnik pass complete short left to #1 T.Moore caught at PSU42, for 44 yards to the PSU15 (#10 D.Lane), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Troy · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Cade Klubnik pass complete to Bryant Wesco Jr. for 35 yds to the TROY 26 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Troy · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Cade Klubnik pass complete to Bryant Wesco Jr. for 34 yds for a TD (Nolan Hauser KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17vs LSU	19/38	230	0	1	6.1	-1.0
Wk 2	W 27-16vs Troy	18/24	196	2	1	8.2	42.8
Wk 3	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	15/26	207	1	1	8.0	56.2
Wk 4	L 21-34vs Syracuse	37/60	363	3	1	6.1	49.3	3 TD passes
Wk 6	W 38-10@ North Carolina	22/24	254	4	0	10.6	96.4	4 TD passes
Wk 7	W 41-10@ Boston College	22/30	280	1	1	9.3	91.9
Wk 10	L 45-46vs Duke	27/36	385	2	0	10.7	87.8	Season-high 385 yds
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Florida State	20/27	221	1	0	8.2	73.4
Wk 12	W 20-19@ Louisville	22/34	187	0	0	5.5	32.6
Wk 13	W 45-10vs Furman	9/15	159	2	0	10.6	61.6
Wk 14	W 28-14@ South Carolina	24/39	268	0	1	6.9	55.3
Bowl	L 10-22vs Penn State	22/39	193	0	0	4.9	43.1
Total		257/392	2943	16	6	7.9	57.5

How he plays

Play style

High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

56.8%Completion %

12.8%Conversion/dropback

76.2%Land short of sticks

0INTs

56.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 12.8% conversion-per-dropback — 76.2% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

5/26Inside-5 share

5 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (19.2%).