Senior safety on Washington State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Yorkville, IL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety on Washington State's 2025 roster.
Cale Reeder
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. South Dakota State to Washington State — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Moore
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 38 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 38 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-59vs Washington | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-22@ Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10@ Oregon State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-8vs Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-21@ Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Washington State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Washington State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #81 · 2026 recruiting class #128
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to J.D. Coffey III’s 2024 season.
Matches J.D. on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jamier Johnson's senior season at Indiana (2024).
Matches Jamier on
Player DNA
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