2024 Football Roster

Jeffrey Sabo
Ellison Neumann
Brian Mack

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

Biography

2024 Highlights:
  • 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

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 195 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 200 lbs
    15