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Caden Veltkamp

#10Caden Veltkamp

Caden Veltkamp is a 2-year Dual-Threat QB for Florida Atlantic. Caden's 2026 season produced 7.2 total EPA across 39 plays.

2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays

49%
projected
band 31%'25 61%67%

Regressed toward the QB mean. Model correlation r≈0.46 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.

What projects, and what doesn't · QBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.46
    Beats guessing the QB average by 16%. n=2,421 QB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.05
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=1,965 QB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.51
    Beats guessing the QB average by 20%. n=1,965 QB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Caden Veltkamp's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2026 Production

Passing
34/52 Comp/Att276 Pass yards1 Pass TD2 INT65.4% Comp %
Rushing
1 Rush yards1 Rush TD6 Carries0.2 Yards/carry

Air yards

Where the ball goes, and how much of the gain is the throw rather than the run after it.

50
Attempts
6.5y
Avg depth
3.6y
After catch
68%
Catch rate

The ball travels 6.5 yards in the air on an average throw 1.3 yards shorter than the median. Another 3.6 comes after the catch.

Where he throws

attempts · completion rate · yards
deep
0
2
0% · 0y
3
67% · 45y
short
19
89% · 110y
6
33% · 21y
20
65% · 100y
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Depth and direction come from CFBD’s passing detail, which is backfilled after the games: this covers weeks 1–2 only. Spikes, throwaways and intentional grounding are excluded before any average.

Performance Analysis · 2026 · vs QB peers

  • Efficiency0
  • Volume100
  • Dual-Threat100
  • Consistency50
  • Clutch100
Player type
Dual-Threat QB

A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.

Rushing threatScrambles for valueStresses defensive structure
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg
Key findings
  • Below-average efficiency vs QB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
  • High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Peak game: 0.54 EPA/play in Wk 2 vs Navy (SP+ 4).

NIL Market Tier· 2026

On3 valuation ↗
Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+0.5400.54Wk 1 vs Florida: +0.13 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Navy: +0.54 EPA/play2
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+C/ATTPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDEPA/play
1@FloridaL21-6618.634/5227612110.13
2vsNavyW38-303.627/3238650-2200.54

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
55.2%
Passing plays
97.8%
Rushing plays
10.4%
Standard downs
51.2%
Passing downs
65.3%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
-0.04
Passing downs
0.69
Pass / Rush EPA
0.07 / 2.40

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Career · rolling EPA, game by game

Per-game EPA5-game avg
+1.210−0.492025
EPA per play · 2024 — 2025 · 25 games
SeasonTeamLine valueTotal EPA
2024Western Kentucky
7.6
247.1
2025Florida Atlantic
4.0
154.9

Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.