Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-27vs Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-0vs Kent State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
#7
Kaden Saunders
Junior wide receiver on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 175 lb · Columbus, OH · Westerville South HS
Transferred Penn State → Southern Miss for 2026
Recruiting
4★
WR recruit
No. 55 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver on Southern Miss's roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2022.
- Transferred from Penn State to Southern Miss in 2026.
Kaden Saunders
Kaden Saunders arrived at Southern Miss from Penn State.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
His career
2022
- Signed with Penn State4-star out of Westerville South
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Penn State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coaches2022–2023
Southern Miss
2024era →
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Southern Miss
2025Penn State
2026Southern Miss
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under James Franklin, all run-leaning offenses — 34-8 over that span.
2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Box-score rates
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Penn State | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | 25 | -- |
| 2023 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | 88 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | -- | 113 | -- |
Game log
Background
2025 (R-Jr.): Did not see any action…2024 (R-So.): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors…Appeared in four games as a punt returner before missing the rest of the season due to injury...Had 25 punt return yards on four returns…Had a 23-yard punt return versus Kent State (9/21)…2023 (R-Fr.): Earned Ac...
The receiver room · Southern Miss
- #9Elijah Metcalf683 receiving yards · 2025
- #7Carl Chester550 receiving yards · 2025
- #6Micah Davis429 receiving yards · 2025
- #8Bralon Brown353 receiving yards · 2025
- #7Kaden Saundersno box-score line yet
17 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology