
Quarterback, East Tennessee State (from Michigan, Iowa), 2019–25
Cade McNamara
Lettered 2023–24 at Iowa (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Reno, NV
- Born
- May 28, 2000, in Reno, Nevada
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Cade McNamara played quarterback at Michigan (2019–22), Iowa (2023–24) and East Tennessee State (2025).
Career highs
398passing yards, career highvs. Mercer, 20254touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Mercer, 2025Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2021 and 2022
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Michigan | 11 | QB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | Michigan | 11 | QB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Michigan | 11 | QB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Michigan | 11 | QB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Iowa | 11 | QB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Iowa | 11 | QB | Yr 6 | ||
| 2025 | East Tennessee State | 11 | QB | Sr. (Yr 7) | 6′1″ | 205 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michigan | 76 | 0.27 | – | – | 20.1 | 31% | 0.32 | – |
| 2021 | Michigan | 358 | 0.31 | 44th (n=145) | 0.33 | 110.3 | 38% | 0.50 | 0.19 |
| 2022 | Michigan | 29 | 0.05 | – | – | 1.5 | 15% | – | – |
| 2023 | Iowa | 97 | 0.13 | – | – | 12.7 | 36% | 0.30 | – |
| 2024 | Iowa | 180 | 0.15 | 11th (n=238) | 0.30 | 26.8 | 38% | 0.17 | – |
| 2025 | East Tennessee State (FCS) | 220 | 0.19 | 32nd (n=314) | 0.24 | 41.9 | 38% | – | – |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2025 East Tennessee State 8 games, 1,292 passing yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 45–17 | 12 | 17 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Sep 6 | at | L 17–72 | 11 | 18 | 85 | 1 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 13 | at | L 31–35 | 9 | 13 | 76 | 0 | 2 | −16 |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 26–16 | 30 | 45 | 268 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 27 | vs. | L 34–38 | 29 | 46 | 398 | 4 | 2 | −22 |
| Oct 4 | at | L 22–31 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Oct 18 | at | L 38–42 | 18 | 25 | 205 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 14–10 | 12 | 13 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2024 Iowa 8 games, 1,017 passing yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 40–0 | 21 | 31 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | L 19–20 | 13 | 29 | 99 | 0 | 2 | −4 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 38–21 | 19 | 23 | 176 | 0 | 0 | −13 |
| Sep 21 | at | W 31–14 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 0 | 0 | −13 |
| Oct 5 | at | L 7–35 | 14 | 20 | 98 | 0 | 1 | −7 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 40–16 | 8 | 14 | 108 | 2 | 0 | −12 |
| Oct 19 | at | L 20–32 | 11 | 23 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 40–14 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 0 | 1 | – |
2023 Iowa 5 games, 505 passing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 24–14 | 17 | 30 | 191 | 2 | 0 | −9 |
| Sep 9 | at | W 20–13 | 12 | 22 | 123 | 0 | 1 | −3 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 41–10 | 9 | 19 | 103 | 2 | 2 | −33 |
| Sep 23 | at | L 0–31 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. | W 26–16 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Michigan 3 games, 180 passing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 51–7 | 9 | 18 | 136 | 1 | 0 | −8 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 56–10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | −17 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 59–0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | −5 |
2021 Michigan 14 games, 2,576 passing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 47–14 | 9 | 11 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 31–10 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 18 | vs. | W 63–10 | 8 | 11 | 191 | 1 | 0 | −7 |
| Sep 25 | vs. | W 20–13 | 9 | 16 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 2 | at | W 38–17 | 17 | 28 | 197 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 9 | at | W 32–29 | 22 | 38 | 255 | 0 | 1 | −15 |
| Oct 23 | vs. | W 33–7 | 20 | 27 | 129 | 0 | 0 | −6 |
| Oct 30 | at | L 33–37 | 28 | 44 | 383 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Nov 6 | vs. | W 29–7 | 10 | 18 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at | W 21–17 | 19 | 29 | 217 | 3 | 0 | −7 |
| Nov 20 | at | W 59–18 | 21 | 28 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Nov 27 | vs. | W 42–27 | 13 | 19 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Dec 4 | vs. | W 42–3 | 16 | 24 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | L 11–34 | 11 | 19 | 106 | 0 | 2 | −1 |
2020 Michigan 4 games, 425 passing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | at | W 49–24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. | L 11–49 | 4 | 7 | 74 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Nov 21 | at | W 48–42 | 27 | 36 | 260 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | L 17–27 | 12 | 25 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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