Cade Klubnik is a Volume Passer for Clemson. Cade's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 460 plays — a developing rate for the QB.
2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays
Regressed toward the QB mean. Model correlation r≈0.46 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.
2025 Production
Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers
High-rep offense that leans on this QB's arm — value comes through cumulative production across a high number of plays.
- ▸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.
- ▸3 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
- ▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.10 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
- ▸Peak game: 0.72 EPA/play in Wk 6 vs North Carolina (SP+ -7).
NIL Market Tier· 2025
On3 valuation ↗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
| 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 | 0.68 |
| 11 | vsFlorida State | W24-10 | 7.2 | 20/27 | 221 | 1 | 0 | 73.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 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 | 0.33 |
| 14 | @South Carolina | W28-14 | 5.9 | 24/39 | 268 | 0 | 1 | 55.3 | 12 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 1 | vsPenn State | L10-22 | 18.1 | 22/39 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 43.1 | -13 | 0 | -0.05 |
Usage & Situational · Pro
- Standard downs
- 0.25
- Passing downs
- 0.14
- Pass / Rush EPA
- 0.24 / 0.13
Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).
Career · rolling EPA, game by game
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.