#2Cade Klubnik

QB·Clemson·2025 2024

Cade Klubnik is a Dual-Threat QB for Clemson. Cade's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 465 plays — a developing rate for the QB.

What projects, and what doesn't · QBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

Usage share (volume)0.46
Beats guessing the QB average by 16%. n=2,421 QB seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.05
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=1,965 QB seasons
Total EPA (value)0.51
Beats guessing the QB average by 20%. n=1,965 QB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Cade Klubnik's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Passing

257/392 Comp/Att2943 Pass yards16 Pass TD6 INT65.6% Comp %

Rushing

94 Rush yards4 Rush TD83 Carries1.1 Yards/carry

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers

Efficiency0
Volume100
Dual-Threat51
Consistency75
Clutch13

Player type

Dual-Threat QB

A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.

Rushing threatScrambles for valueStresses defensive structure

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg

Game-to-game consistency75th %ile · above avg

Key findings

▸Below-average efficiency vs QB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
▸High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
▸4 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Peak game: 0.72 EPA/play in Wk 6 vs North Carolina (SP+ -7).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	C/ATT	Pass Yds	Pass TD	INT	QBR	Rush Yds	Rush TD	EPA/play
1	vsLSU	L10-17	10.3	19/38	230	0	1	-1.0	1	0	-0.02
2	vsTroy	W27-16	-4.8	18/24	196	2	1	42.8	-4	0	0.19
3	@Georgia Tech	L21-24	9.3	15/26	207	1	1	56.2	62	1	0.15
4	vsSyracuse	L21-34	-13.1	37/60	363	3	1	49.3	1	0	0.13
6	@North Carolina	W38-10	-6.6	22/24	254	4	0	96.4	-4	0	0.72
7	@Boston College	W41-10	-8.5	22/30	280	1	1	91.9	48	1	0.61
10	vsDuke	L45-46	6.6	27/36	385	2	0	87.8	12	0	0.62
11	vsFlorida State	W24-10	7.2	20/27	221	1	0	73.4	1	1	0.26
12	@Louisville	W20-19	12.4	22/34	187	0	0	32.6	-6	0	0.02
13	vsFurman	W45-10	—	9/15	159	2	0	61.6	-16	0	0.65
14	@South Carolina	W28-14	5.9	24/39	268	0	1	55.3	12	1	0.11
20	vsPenn State	L10-22	18.1	22/39	193	0	0	43.1	-13	0	—

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

57.0%

Passing plays

90.7%

Rushing plays

18.4%

Standard downs

52.0%

Passing downs

69.9%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.28
Passing downs: 0.14
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.26 / 0.15

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Career · rolling EPA, game by game

Per-game EPA5-game avg

EPA per play · 2024 · 13 games

Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.