Kaden McFadden
TCU Horned Frogs
78
Solid

Kaden McFadden

TCU Horned FrogsAverage
FSDefenseSolid
2nd String / Backup

Is Kaden McFadden starting?

Kaden McFadden is listed 2nd string at FS for TCU Horned Frogs.

Junior · #18 · 5'11", 200 lbs

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Depth at FS · TCU Horned Frogs

  1. 12291Jordan LesterStarter
  2. 21878Kaden McFaddenYou
  3. 31368Ryan Yaites

TCU Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the Big 12

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Up next for TCU

TCU plays Arizona away on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 10:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Texarkana Pleasant Grove, ranked #1,297 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 10 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,297 Natl2-Yr Total13 tacklesTeam Share1%
Texarkana, TX
Jersey
#18
Class
JR
Height
5'11"
Weight
200 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20251000
2024300

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8583
National Rank
#1297
High School
Texarkana Pleasant Grove
Hometown
Texarkana, TX

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 34th-percentile production (×0.90 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 34% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.90)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WKUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 22-16

Oct 17WBAYTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-6

Oct 3LBYUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-10

Sep 20WARSTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-7

Sep 13WGRAMTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-7

Aug 29LUNCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 15-10

Kaden McFadden's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

10 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement10%
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