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Cade McNamara #12 QB

Reno, NV / Damonte Ranch HS
Transfer from Michigan

Twitter: @Cademac_12
Instagram: @cademac.12

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Joined program in spring, 2023, as graduate transfer from Michigan with two years of eligibility remaining.

At Michigan
Two-year letterman, appearing in 21 games with 16 starts . . . compiled 13-3 record as a starter and helped lead team to 2021 Big Ten Championship . . . 2022 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2021 Honors – – Third-team All-Big Ten by league coaches and media . . . Academic All-Big Ten . . . Shared Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against Northern Illinois . . . shared Hard Hat Player of the Week against Indiana . . . 2020 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten

High School Honors
Selected first-team all-state as a junior and senior . . . two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in Nevada (2017 and 2018); first player in state history to win the award in back-to-back seasons . . . named Nevada Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 . . . named 2017 USA Today All-Nevada Player of the Year . . . three-time conference Player of the Year (2016-18) . . . Sierra League Player of the Year as a senior . . . two-time region Offensive Player of the Year (2017-18) and Northern 4A All-Region selection (2017-18) . . . selected first team all-conference and first team all-region on three occasions . . . named the State Farm Player of the Week on five occasions . . . 2018 Elite 11 finalist . . . attended the finals of the Nike The Opening 2018 in Frisco, Texas . . . selected to participate in the U.S. Army All-American Game . . . No. 1 prospect in the state of Nevada by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals . . . 247.com four-star prospect ranked No. 275 overall and No. 1 recruit in Nevada . . . ESPN four-star prospect, rated the No. 13 pro-style quarterback, No. 257 overall prospect in the country and top player in Nevada . . . earned academic excellence award seven times

Personal

  • Born 5/28/2000
  • Will pursue post-graduate degree
  • Parents are Nicole and Gary McNamara
  • Brother, Kyle, began his career at Michigan before transferring to Western Kentucky . . . father, Gary, was an outfielder at Fresno State and was an assistant baseball coach at Nevada
  • High school coach was Shaun Dupris

Recruiting Coach

Headshot of Brian Ferentz

Brian Ferentz
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks