Ohio State Overview
• Cade was with the program for five seasons - 2019-23 - and lettered four years
• He spent his final three seasons playing tight end after playing/practicing as a defensive end and linebacker his first two seasons
• Played in 38 of 39 games as a tight end from the 2021 through 2023 seasons and started 24 games during the 2022 and 2023 seasons
• Had a terrific 2023 season after a fine 2022 season when his receptions and yardage totals (36 for 406, respectively) were the most a Buckeye tight end in 28 years, or since Rickey Dudley had 37 and 575, respectively, in 1995
• Cade was voted as the Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year in 2023 after catching 41 passes for 576 yards (14.0 yards per catch average) with five touchdowns
• Also named first-team all-Big Ten Conference and was a finalist for the John Mackey Award
• Caught career-high totals of seven passes vs. both Notre Dame and Michigan State and he had a career-high 90 receiving yards against Western Kentucky
• He started in 11 of 12 games he played in 2023 and his statistical totals moved him into second-place all-time at Ohio State among tight ends with 82 receptions and 1,056 yards
• His 10 career TDs are tied for third-most in school history
• He had three two-touchdown games: vs. Purdue (2023) and vs. Wisconsin and Indiana in 2022
• His 41 receptions and 576 yards in 2023 each rank third for a single season at Ohio State
• His five TDs in 2022 - and duplicated in 2023 - represented the most by a Buckeye tight end in 11 years, or since Jake Stoneburner caught seven in 2011
• Earned third-team all-Big Ten Conference honors by the media and honorable mention honors from the conference head coaches in 2022
• Caught a pass in all 13 games in 2022 with highs of six receptions vs. Penn State and 83 receiving yards vs. Toledo
• Played at defensive end in 2019 and then moved to tight end for the 2020 and 2021 seasons
• Moved to linebacker late in the 2021 season, and played at the position against Michigan and started at LB in the Rose Bowl vs. Utah
• Recorded six tackles vs. Utah and for his career, has been in on 15 total tackles
• As a second-year player in 2020, made three tackles and forced a fumble vs. Michigan State
• Played in four games as a true freshman for the Buckeyes in 2019 and redshirted
Honors & Awards
2023: Team captain, graduated in December (agricultural systems management), Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, first-team all-Big Ten, John Mackey Award finalist
2022: Team captain, All-Big Ten Conference (third-team; media)
More on Cade
• The fourth-ranked player in Ohio and the No. 130 overall prospect according to 247Sports
• Named Ohio’s Mr. Football by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association and the Gatorade Player of the Year
• The eighth-ranked linebacker nationally and a semifinalist for the High School Butkus Award honoring the nation’s top prep linebacker
• Selected as Ohio’s Division III Defensive Player of the Year in 2018 and a first-team all-state selection after recording 163 tackles and four interceptions during the regular season
• Added 1,477 yards and 17 touchdowns as a running back
• Ohio Cardinal Conference Defensive Player of the Year
• As a sophomore in 2016 for head coach Taylor Gerhardt, Stover made 190 tackles (14.6 per game) as Lexington made the regional finals
• A great all-around athlete, Stover earned second team all-Ohio honors on the basketball court as a junior in leading Lexington to the OHSAA Final Four in Columbus
• Set the school’s all-time scoring record in basketball
• Parents are Chelsi and Trevor Stover; Chelsi ran track at Bowling Green and Trevor was a tight end at Bowling Green
2023 Ohio State Football Roster
Stover, Cade
Jersey Number 8
Cade Stover
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 251
- Hometown:
- Mansfield, Ohio
- Last School:
- Lexington
- Year:
- Senior
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