Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#20
Cade Law
Senior linebacker for East Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Nashville, TN · Christ Presbyterian Academy
Transferred Memphis → East Carolina for 2026
The numbers
6
tackles · 2026
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 5 tackles, at Alabama
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for East Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Transferred from Memphis to East Carolina in 2026.
Cade Law
Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mack Brown, Freddie Kitchens and Blake Harrell. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Alabama — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2024
East Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
2025Memphis
2026East Carolina
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced
2024North Carolina6-7HC: Freddie Kitchens · Run-leaning
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Mid-year transfer from Memphis, who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2026 … Spent one season at Memphis (2025) and two at North Carolina (2023-24) … Played in 25 career games (2/Memphis, 13/North Carolina) … Recorded three total tackles (all solo), which included a sack in 2024 (six yards)...
The linebacker corps · East Carolina
- #11DJ Johnson Jr.60 tackles · 2025
- #42Julien Davis23 tackles · 2025
- #10Crews Law23 tackles · 2025
- #1Jackson Barker20 tackles · 2025
- #20Cade Law2 games · 2026
7 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology