Caden McCloughan

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
San Jose, CA
High School:
Los Gatos HS

2020 (Spring 2021) -- Started all three games at boundary safety as a redshirt junior ... recorded pair of solo tackles, one each against Southern Utah and UC Davis ... notched a pass breakup versus Southern Utah and earned another breakup plus a quarterback hurry at Eastern Washington.

2019 -- Redshirt -- Played in one game at Oregon State, preserving his redshirt year.

Community College -- McCloughan was a free safety for two seasons at Foothill College and has two years of eligibility and a redshirt year remaining ... notched 44 tackles (25 solo) as a sophomore in 2018 and 23 tackles (17 solo) as a freshman the year before ... during his sophomore campaign, also earned one sack, returned a fumble 31 yards for a touchdown against Hartnell and intercepted six passes and broke up four others ... two of his thefts were returned for touchdowns — 55 yards against Redwoods and one yard versus Merced ... also recovered a fumble, intercepted one pass and broke up five other passes during his freshman season ... earned American Division Pacific 7 Conference accolades, was named comference defensive back of the year and also was named to the Region II All-California First Team ... also was team MVP.

High School -- A 2017 graduate of Los Gatos High School, helping the Wildcats to an 8-4 mark in 2016, including a 6-0 record for the De Anza League title and a berth in the semifinals of the CIF-Central Coast Section Division 2 playoffs ... a wide receiver and defensive back in high school, McCloughan made six catches for 169 yards and three touchdowns and recorded 62 total tackles (14 solo) ... also on defense, intercepted four passes and hurried the quarterback three times ... also averaged 17.8 yards per kickoff return ... made 28 tackles, recovered two fumbles and intercepted one pass as a junior in 2015 ... twice earned first-team All-De Anza League honors ... played in the 2017 Silicon Valley Youth Classic.

Personal -- Son of Scot and Kelli McCloughan ... father played baseball at Wichita State ... uncle Dave McCloughan played football at Colorado as a defensive back and 48 games in the NFL for Indianapolis and Seattle before becoming a scout ... grandfather Kent McCloughan played football at Nebraska and 67 games over six American Football League seasons as a cornerback with the Oakland Raiders in the 1960s ... uncle Kent Kahl was a running back at Colorado and Iowa and earned a tryout with the San Diego Chargers ... two sisters, Avery and Adison ... has moved 15 times ... born in Fort Collins, Colorado ... majoring in communication studies.