Cade McNamara

Class:
Junior
Position:
QB
Height:
6-1
Weight:
212
Hometown:
Reno, Nev.
High School:
Damonte Ranch

CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHS

Passing
• Attempts: 44 - at Michigan State (Oct. 30, 2021)
• Completions: 28 - at Michigan State (Oct. 30, 2021)
• Yards: 383 - at Michigan State (Oct. 30, 2021)
• TDs: 4 - at Rutgers (Nov. 21, 2020)
• Int.: 1, 2x - last at Michigan State (Oct. 30, 2021)
• Long: 93 - at Michigan State (Oct. 30, 2021)

Rushing
• Attempts: 4 - at Rutgers (Nov. 21, 2020)
• Yards: 8 - at Maryland (Nov. 20, 2021)
• TDs: 1, 2x - last vs. Northern Illinois (Sept. 18, 2021)
• Long: 9, 2x - last vs. Ohio State (Nov. 27, 2021)

At Michigan
• All-Big Ten selection (third team, coaches and media; 2021)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2020, '21, 22')
• Shared Most Improved Player (Offense) honors in 2021
• Two-year letterman (2020-21)
• Appeared in 21 games with 16 starts
• Compiled a 13-3 record as a starter and helped lead the team to the 2021 Big Ten Championship

Senior (2022)
• Appeared in three games at quarterback with one start; completed 14-of-25 pass attempts for 180 yards with one touchdown and one interception
• Completed 9-of-18 passes for 136 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson in a start against Colorado State (Sept. 3)
• Completed four-of-six pass attempts for 26 yards with one interception against Hawaii (Sept. 10)
• Completed one 18-yard pass against UConn (Sept. 17) in relief action

Junior (2021)
• Started all 14 games under center; completed 210-of-327 pass attempts for 2,576 yards with 15 touchdowns and six interceptions along with one rushing touchdown to earn his second varsity letter
• All-Big Ten selection (third team, coaches and media)
• Shared Most Improved Player (Offense) honors
• Shared Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against Northern Illinois
• Shared Hard Hat Player of the Week against Indiana
• Started against Western Michigan (Sept. 4) and delivered two touchdowns and 136 yards on 9-of-11 passing
• Completed 7-of-15 pass attempts for 44 yards starting against Washington (Sept. 11), and picked up a first down with his legs
• Threw for 191 yards and a touchdown on 8-of-11 passing and ran for another score against Northern Illinois (Sept. 18)
• Threw the third-longest touchdown in program history with an 87-yard connection to Cornelius Johnson against NIU
• Totaled 163 yards passing on 9-of-16 pass attempts against Rutgers (Sept. 25)
• Threw two touchdowns on 17-of-28 passing for 197 yards at Wisconsin (Oct. 2)
• Registered his career-high in passing yards (255) at Nebraska (Oct. 9) on 22-of-38 pass attempts
• Finished 20-of-27 passing against Northwestern (Oct. 23) for 129 total yards
• Broke out 383 passing yards on 28-of-44 completions with two touchdowns at Michigan State (Oct. 30)
• Went 10-of-18 passing for 168 yards with two touchdowns against Indiana (Nov. 6)
• Completed 19-of-29 pass attempts for 217 yards with three touchdowns at Penn State (Nov. 13)
• At Maryland (Nov. 20), went 21-of-28 passing for 259 yards and two touchdowns
• Led his team to a win against Ohio State (Nov. 27) on 13-of-19 passing for 159 yards with a nine-yard carry
• Completed 16-of-24 pass attempts for 169 yards and one touchdown against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship (Dec. 4) and also had a first down rushing
• Went 11-of-19 passing for 106 yards with two interceptions against Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)

Sophomore (2020)
• Appeared in four games with one start under center, completed 43-of-71 pass attempts for 425 yards with five touchdowns and zero interceptions with one rushing touchdown to earn his first varsity letter
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Shared Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against Rutgers
• Made his career debut at Minnesota (Oct. 24)
• Entered the game against Wisconsin (Nov. 14) and threw his first career touchdown to Mike Sainristil, finished four-of-seven passing for 74 yards
• Saw relief action at Rutgers (Nov. 21) and compiled a 27-of-36 passing line for 260 yards and four touchdowns in a little over one half, adding one rushing score for five total
• Passing line at Rutgers featured the highest single-game completion percentage among quarterbacks with 36-plus pass attempts in one game in U-M history
• In his first career start against Penn State (Nov. 28), went 12-of-25 passing for 91 yards

Freshman (2019)
• Did not see game action

Prep
• Attended Damonte Ranch High School (2019) coached by Shawn Dupris
• Earned academic excellence award seven times
• Four-year starter at quarterback
• Led team to a 12-1 record senior year with the lone loss coming in overtime to Bishop Manogue in the Northern 4A Regional title game
• Led school to the Nevada Division One Northern Region Semifinals and an 11-1 record as a junior
• Won the Northern 4A Regional title as a sophomore

Key Statistics
• Holds all of Damonte Ranch High School’s quarterback records
• Set the Nevada state record for career passing yards (12,804) and career touchdowns (146) as a prep player
• Threw for 2,995 yards and 39 touchdowns and six interceptions as a senior
• Completed 225-of-384 (58.6%) passes for 3,470 yards and 44 TDs as a junior
• Threw for 3,577 yards as a sophomore, completing 218-of-374 (58.3%) passes for 46 touchdowns
• As a freshman, completed 150-of-285 passes for 2,042 yards and 17 TDs

Honors and Rankings
• 2018 nominee for National Quarterback of the Year
• Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in Nevada (2017 and 2018); first player in state history to win the award in back-to-back seasons
• No. 1 prospect in the state of Nevada according to 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals
• 247.com four-star prospect ranked No. 275 overall and No. 1 recruit in Nevada
• ESPN four-star prospect, rated the No. 13 pro-style quarterback, No. 257 overall prospect in the country and the top player in Nevada
• Rivals four-star recruit, ranked the No. 8 pro-style quarterback and No. 1 player in Nevada
• 2018 Elite 11 finalist
• Attended the finals of the Nike The Opening 2018 in Frisco, Texas
• Selected first-team all-state as a junior and senior; named Nevada Offensive Player of the Year in 2018
• Named 2017 USA Today All-Nevada Player of the Year
• Selected to participate in the U.S. Army All-American Game
• Three-time Conference Player of the Year (2016-18)
• Sierra League Player of the Year (2018)
• Two-time Region Offensive Player of the Year (2017-18) and Northern 4A All-Region selection (2017-18)
• Selected first team all-conference and first team all-region on three occasions
• Named the State Farm Player of the Week on five occasions

Personal
• Cade McNamara was born May 28, 2000
• Son of Gary and Nicole McNamara
• Brother, Kyle, began his career at U-M before transferring to Western Kentucky
• Father, Gary, was an outfielder at Fresno State and was an assistant baseball coach at Nevada