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
ROLL THE TAPE: Northern Illinois
Wednesday, October 08
Miami Football Head Coach Chuck Martin 10-6 Press Conference
Monday, October 06
Miami Football TE Brian Shane 10-6 Press Conference
Monday, October 06
Highlights: Miami Football at Northern Illinois 10-4
Sunday, October 05