Last confirmed: Wake Forest, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Advance, NC · Davidson Day
Cade Carney: RB · Wake Forest · #36.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cade Carney
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Fourth year in the Wake Forest backfield. A game that shows it: 105 rushing yards and 6 receiving yards against Utah State — Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 18.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.4% of his carries. 3 carries for 2 yds vs Clemson; 25 for 105 vs Utah State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
28.1% of carries overall (157/558) → 25.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/72) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (73.3%). 13 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (50.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 158 | 620 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 188 | 1,005 | 5.3 | 8 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 63 | 232 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 156 | 589 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Career | 565 | 2,446 | 4.3 | 21 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 0 |
| Career | 26 | 167 | 6.4 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs Utah State | 25 | 105 | 4.2 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-7vs Elon | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Boston College | 24 | 58 | 2.4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 59-62vs Louisville | 17 | 95 | 5.6 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Florida State | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-10vs NC State | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-52@ No. 3 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-27vs Duke | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 14 | L 30-39@ Syracuse | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | |
 Bowl | L 21-27vs Michigan State | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 158 | 620 | 3.9 | 5 | 27 |
Week 7 · 2019
L 59-62
vs Louisville
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
34%143 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 158 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.9 yds/carry on 158 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 34% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 30-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 66.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 40.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 72.2 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 43.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.7%
468 pass / 580 run
Plays / game
80.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
158 carries and 7 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 2,446 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 42 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dave Clawson.
