2024 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 15
Cade McDonald
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Naperville Central
- Prev School:
- Michigan State
2024 Highlights:
2023 Highlights:
At Michigan State:
High School:
- Played in 12 games, making 11 starts
- Academic All-MAC
- Named Miami's Offensive Skill Player of the Year
- Finished year with 52 catches for 631 yards and three touchdowns
- Opened the year with back-to-back 100-yard performances versus Northwestern (105) and Cincinnati (135)
- Had 84 yards receiving and a touchdown in the win over Ohio
- Had nine grabs for 82 yards and a score in the win at BGSU
2023 Highlights:
- Played in 13 games, making five starts
- Second Team All-MAC as a returner
- Finished season with 28 catches for 353 yards and three touchdowns
- Averaged 12.7 yards per punt return, tops in the MAC
- Had a career-high six catches for 78 yards in a win at Western Michigan
- Had four grabs for 62 yards and a touchdown in a victory at Kent State
- Recorded five catches for 58 yards and a touchdown in a win at Ball State
- Posted 90 punt return yards, including a career-high, 43-yard return at Ohio
At Michigan State:
- Played in 25 career games
- Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
- Recorded five receptions for 46 yards
- Had five punt returns for 43 yards (8.6 avg.)
High School:
- Graduated from Naperville Central
- Helped the Redhawks to the DuPage Valley Conference Championship and the second round of the Class 8A playoffs
- Earned all-conference accolades, as well as named to the first-team Naperville Sun Football All-Area Team
- Established single-season program records for receptions (91), yards receiving (1,397) and TDs (18), catching nearly half of Thorne’s school-record 40 TD passes
- Averaged 8.3 receptions and 127 yards receiving a game
- Had 15 reception for 290 yards and five TDs against Cary-Grove in the regular-season finale
- Also ran track and helped the Redhawks to the 2019 Illinois State Indoor Championship and the DuPage Valley Conference title, their first conference crown since 1990
Miami Football Head Coach Chuck Martin 10-4 Postgame
Saturday, October 04
RedHawk Football Weekly 10-1-2025
Wednesday, October 01
Miami Football Eli Blakey Press Conference 9-29
Monday, September 29
Miami Football Head Coach Chuck Martin 9-29 Press Conference
Monday, September 29