Cade Klubnik

#2 · QB · Sr. · Clemson6′2″ · 210 lb · Austin, TX · Austin Westlake

Cade Klubnik: QB · Clemson · #2.

Cade Klubnik

QB · Clemson · Sr · #2

Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Four seasons in the Clemson quarterback room to date. All-ACC in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 385 passing yards and 12 rushing yards against Duke — Week 10, 2025.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Clemson in the news

Clemson WR out for FSU gameTigerNet Oct 31
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Josh Pate criticizes Clemson, Dabo Swinney's buyoutHeavy Oct 29
$57M Swinney buyout figure disclosedThe Clemson Insider Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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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	13
2024	Clemson	119	462	3.9	7	55
2023	Clemson	125	182	1.5	4	22
2022	Clemson	42	139	3.3	2	16
Career		369	877	2.4	17	55

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17vs No. 9 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@ No. 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	7.5	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at North Carolina	W 38-10 · Graded great · 254 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for -4 · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	Penn State	L 10-22 · Graded shaky · 193 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for -13 · Sacked 4
Biggest game	LSU	No. 9 at kickoff · L 10-17 · Graded shaky · 230 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 8 for 1 · The interception cost about 7 points of win chance · Sacked 2
Best play	at Georgia Tech	Completion, touchdown, Q3 9:36 · Win chance 34% to 55%
Costliest play	at Georgia Tech	Interception, Q3 11:37 · Win chance 43% to 23%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

257/392 (65.6%) · 16 TD · 6 INT

380 of 392 attempts matched to play-by-play

150 of 380 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 380 passing plays (247 completions) against the box score's 392 attempts (257 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

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 65.6% completion on 392 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%

Down 2

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

Down 3+

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

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.

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 54 (#55 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

54Rotational starter #55 of 146 · 2025?

Fading13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 380 dropbacks

54Zeitgeist Passer Rating60th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 139.0 61st of 142 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.2%46th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.9847th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

3.6%81st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (15 of 395 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	259	1.7	8.3	0.5
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

2025 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

53.8%

474 pass / 407 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Heisman model top 25

Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2025.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

54 · #55 of 146 QBs · 2025

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

Cade Klubnik

Fans

Clemson in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Heisman model top 25

Four seasons at Clemson, drafted

2022 10 games

2024 14 games

2025 12 games

2026