2024 Football Roster
Roster
Schickel, Kaden

Jersey Number 47
Kaden Schickel
- Position:
- LS
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 204
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fredericksburg, Va.
- High School:
- Massaponax
- Prev School:
- James Madison
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Long snapper has played in 21 collegiate games (13 at James Madison in 2023; eight at MSU in 2024).
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Was starting long snapper for the first eight games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury at Michigan on Oct. 26 . . . snapped for field goals, extra points and punts, snapping on 25 punts, 15 PATs and 17 field goal attempts . . . handled all the long snaps on field goals, extra points and punts through the first two-and-a-half games, before back-up snapper saw action in Game 3, but handled all snapping duties in Game 4 at Boston College, Game 5 vs. Ohio State, Game 6 at Oregon, Game 7 vs. Iowa and first half of Game 8 vs. Michigan, before suffering an injury late in the first half and was out the second half, in addition to missing the last four games (Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers) . . . snapped on two punts, one PAT and one FG attempt in first half at Michigan, before sustaining an injury on punt coverage late in the first half and did not return after halftime . . . successfully snapped on school-record and B1G modern-day record-tying six made field goals as part of seven FG attempts in game vs. Iowa, as placekicker Jonathan Kim made six FGs, the most in the B1G and FBS in 2024, as well as two PATs . . . fired off six snaps on punts, one field goal and one PAT in game at Oregon . . . snapped successfully on five punts and one PAT in damp conditions in Ohio State game . . . successfully snapped on four field goals, two punts and one PAT in wet and rainy conditions in game at Boston College . . . snapped on two field goals, four PAT attempts, two field goals and one punt in the Prairie View A&M game . . . successfully snapped on three punts, three PATs and two field goals in Maryland game, including the game-winner on Jonathan Kim’s 37-yard field goal with one second left . . . starting long snapper in Spartan debut in season-opener vs. Florida Atlantic, successfully snapping on six punts and two PATs, adding two tackles on punt coverage . . . transferred to Michigan State from James Madison in January 2024 and competed in spring practice.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT JAMES MADISON): Played in all 13 games at long snapper, including the Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force . . . recorded two tackles and also recovered a fumble for the Dukes.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT JAMES MADISON): Did not see any game action . . . named a JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete for both the fall and spring semesters.
2021 SEASON (JAMES MADISON): Redshirted . . . named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in the spring of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Massaponax High School . . . earned first-team all-district honors his senior year as a tackle . . . was rated a five-star long snapping prospect by Kohl’s Kicking . . . son of Sean and Kristy Schickel . . . his brother, Evan, graduated from The Citadel and also played football for the Bulldogs . . . his sister, Madison, graduated from Virginia Tech and is now an officer in the Marine Corps . . . majored in sport and recreation management at James Madison . . . communication major at MSU.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Was starting long snapper for the first eight games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury at Michigan on Oct. 26 . . . snapped for field goals, extra points and punts, snapping on 25 punts, 15 PATs and 17 field goal attempts . . . handled all the long snaps on field goals, extra points and punts through the first two-and-a-half games, before back-up snapper saw action in Game 3, but handled all snapping duties in Game 4 at Boston College, Game 5 vs. Ohio State, Game 6 at Oregon, Game 7 vs. Iowa and first half of Game 8 vs. Michigan, before suffering an injury late in the first half and was out the second half, in addition to missing the last four games (Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers) . . . snapped on two punts, one PAT and one FG attempt in first half at Michigan, before sustaining an injury on punt coverage late in the first half and did not return after halftime . . . successfully snapped on school-record and B1G modern-day record-tying six made field goals as part of seven FG attempts in game vs. Iowa, as placekicker Jonathan Kim made six FGs, the most in the B1G and FBS in 2024, as well as two PATs . . . fired off six snaps on punts, one field goal and one PAT in game at Oregon . . . snapped successfully on five punts and one PAT in damp conditions in Ohio State game . . . successfully snapped on four field goals, two punts and one PAT in wet and rainy conditions in game at Boston College . . . snapped on two field goals, four PAT attempts, two field goals and one punt in the Prairie View A&M game . . . successfully snapped on three punts, three PATs and two field goals in Maryland game, including the game-winner on Jonathan Kim’s 37-yard field goal with one second left . . . starting long snapper in Spartan debut in season-opener vs. Florida Atlantic, successfully snapping on six punts and two PATs, adding two tackles on punt coverage . . . transferred to Michigan State from James Madison in January 2024 and competed in spring practice.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT JAMES MADISON): Played in all 13 games at long snapper, including the Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force . . . recorded two tackles and also recovered a fumble for the Dukes.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT JAMES MADISON): Did not see any game action . . . named a JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete for both the fall and spring semesters.
2021 SEASON (JAMES MADISON): Redshirted . . . named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in the spring of 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Massaponax High School . . . earned first-team all-district honors his senior year as a tackle . . . was rated a five-star long snapping prospect by Kohl’s Kicking . . . son of Sean and Kristy Schickel . . . his brother, Evan, graduated from The Citadel and also played football for the Bulldogs . . . his sister, Madison, graduated from Virginia Tech and is now an officer in the Marine Corps . . . majored in sport and recreation management at James Madison . . . communication major at MSU.
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