Former defensive lineman at Wisconsin. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′6″ · 285 lb · Houlton, WI
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 1414 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Wisconsin. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Cade McDonald
Cade McDonald has been at Wisconsin through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Iowa, Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wisconsin — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Leonhard → Luke Fickell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-14vs Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 21-38@ USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-42@ Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |