Senior defensive tackle for Utah State. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
6′2″ · 280 lb · Logan, UT
The story
4 defensive tackle for Utah State. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCaden Andersen
Two seasons at Utah State, two different head coaches: Matt Wells and Gary Andersen. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against New Mexico, Week 14, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Utah State, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Gary Andersen. 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: solo tackles (3rd 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
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Utah State | 19 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Utah State | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019
W 62–7
vs Stony Brook
2 TOT
Dominant 55-point win at home against Stony Brook.
With J. Love — 294 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.6 · 31 rush yds (3 car) · D. Thompkins — 5 rec · 77 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 62-7vs Stony Brook | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-24vs Colorado State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-42@ LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs BYU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-35@ Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-21vs Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-56vs Boise State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-25@ New Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Bowl | L 41-51@ Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.