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Jersey Number 85
Cade McDonald
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Naperville Central
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Three-year letterwinner has played in 25 career games . . . three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree . . . has five receptions for 46 yards . . . has five punt returns for 43 yards (8.6 avg.).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in 11 games as wide receiver and punt returner . . . had three receptions for 31 yards . . . played 44 snaps at wide receiver . . . had four punt returns for 44 yards . . . played a total of 51 snaps on special teams . . . 2-of-3 (.667) receptions went for a first down . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third year in a row . . . had a 10-yard punt return and a tackle on special teams vs. Ohio State . . . had career highs of three receptions for 31 yards vs. Minnesota, with all three catches coming on MSU’s TD drive, with two going for first down, including a 15-yard catch on fourth down to keep drive going and TD came on next play . . . had three punt returns in Akron game, including career-long 21-yard return.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Appeared in eight games on special teams to earn his second letter . . . had one punt return vs. Youngstown State . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second year in a row.
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in five games to earn his first letter . . . played 25 offensive snaps . . . Academic All-Big Ten selection . . . made Spartan debut at Michigan, snaring two catches on back-to-back plays for total of 15 yards, including picking up first down, on MSU’s drive that ended with insurance touchdown in the fourth quarter.
2019 SEASON: Redshirted . . . played three snaps at Rutgers in his collegiate debut . . . named Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week vs. Rutgers.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played wide receiver at 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 . . . former high school teammates of current Spartans Jayden Reed and Payton Thorne . . . son of Tim and Lara McDonald . . . born May 7, 2001 . . . admitted into the business school . . . marketing major.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in 11 games as wide receiver and punt returner . . . had three receptions for 31 yards . . . played 44 snaps at wide receiver . . . had four punt returns for 44 yards . . . played a total of 51 snaps on special teams . . . 2-of-3 (.667) receptions went for a first down . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third year in a row . . . had a 10-yard punt return and a tackle on special teams vs. Ohio State . . . had career highs of three receptions for 31 yards vs. Minnesota, with all three catches coming on MSU’s TD drive, with two going for first down, including a 15-yard catch on fourth down to keep drive going and TD came on next play . . . had three punt returns in Akron game, including career-long 21-yard return.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Appeared in eight games on special teams to earn his second letter . . . had one punt return vs. Youngstown State . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second year in a row.
2020 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in five games to earn his first letter . . . played 25 offensive snaps . . . Academic All-Big Ten selection . . . made Spartan debut at Michigan, snaring two catches on back-to-back plays for total of 15 yards, including picking up first down, on MSU’s drive that ended with insurance touchdown in the fourth quarter.
2019 SEASON: Redshirted . . . played three snaps at Rutgers in his collegiate debut . . . named Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week vs. Rutgers.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played wide receiver at 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 . . . former high school teammates of current Spartans Jayden Reed and Payton Thorne . . . son of Tim and Lara McDonald . . . born May 7, 2001 . . . admitted into the business school . . . marketing major.
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