#44  Cade Denhoff

Entered 2024 credited with 16 tackles (one for loss) and 190 defensive snaps over 20 career games.

2024: Made one tackle vs. No. 1 Georgia … recorded his first career fumble recovery in his first career start vs. NC State … added three tackles vs. Stanford … made three tackles at Florida State … contributed one tackle vs. Virginia … made one tackle vs. Louisville … recorded his first career sack at Pitt … credited with one tackle vs. The Citadel … posted four tackles (one for loss) vs. No. 16 South Carolina … added three tackles (one for loss) and one sack vs. No. 8 SMU.

2023: Credited with 15 tackles (one for loss) in 170 snaps over 13 games … made season debut at Duke … recorded one tackle vs. Charleston Southern … added two tackles vs. Florida Atlantic … contributed one tackle vs. No. 4 Florida State … recorded one tackle vs. Wake Forest … made one tackle at Miami (Fla.) … posted two tackles vs. No. 12 Notre Dame … made one tackle vs. Georgia Tech … registered three tackles at South Carolina … added three tackles (one for loss) in the Gator Bowl vs. Kentucky.

2022: Played 19 defensive snaps in six games, recording one tackle … notched his first tackle on special teams vs. Miami (Fla).

2021: Made collegiate debut vs. UConn, playing one snap in his lone appearance of his redshirt season … named 2021 MVP of Clemson’s Power Hour program, which works with Strength & Conditioning staff during segment meetings.

Before Clemson: National top 100 player according to ESPN.com and 247Sports … ESPN.com listed him as the No. 82 overall player in the nation, the 10^th-best defensive end and the 15^th-best player in Florida … ranked as the No. 89 overall player by 247Sports, and was also listed as the eighth-best defensive end in the nation and 13th-best player in Florida … ranked No. 188 overall nationally by Rivals.com, which also ranked him as the No. 10 defensive end … PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team selection who ranked as the nation’s No. 83 overall prospect and as the No. 8 defensive end and No. 14 player in Florida … rated as a four-star prospect by all services … five-year letterman at Lakeland Christian, as he played in nine games as an eighth grader … played 48 games overall, recording 282 career tackles, 26.5 sacks, seven caused fumbles and four fumble recoveries … played seven games and had 40 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss, in pandemic-shortened 2020 season … had 92 tackles in 12 games, including 11 sacks and three caused fumbles in 2019 … had three double-figure tackle games that season, and had a career-high four sacks against King’s Academy …  as a sophomore in 2018, had career-high 95 tackles in 11 games with 6.5 sacks and three caused fumbles … had three double-figure tackle games, including a career-high 13 stops against Berkeley Prep … had 44 tackles and seven sacks in nine games as a freshman, including a three-sack performance against Land O’ Lakes High School … had 11 tackles in nine games as an eighth grader in 2016 … invited to play in the Under Armour All-America Game … committed to Clemson on Jan. 26, 2020, the same day as fellow signee Jake Briningstool … recruited by Lemanski Hall and Mike Reed … played football, basketball and baseball in high school … played for Danny Williams at Lakeland Christian School.

Personal: Earned degree in criminal justice in May 2024 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2021 … completed a microinternship at Segars Ranch in Montana in spring 2022 … born Aug. 30, 2002 … three-time ACC Honor Roll selection (2021-23).

Note: Tackle stats in the written bio above reflect statistics from coaches film review. Tackle stats in the automated Stats tab of this page reflect those as awarded by gameday stat crews.