2024 Football Roster
Roster
TJ Cadden
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Phoenixville, Pa.
- High School:
- Episcopal Academy
Career:Â 2023 (Freshman): 2024 All-Patriot League First Team.Â
2024Â (Sophomore): Played in nine games at wide receiver and as a return specialist before missing rest of the season with injury ... All-Patriot League First Team ... named Bucknell's Special Teams MVP ... his two punt return touchdowns was tied for second among FCS schools ... third on the roster in scoring and second with six touchdowns ... six touchdowns ranked ninth in the Patriot League ... 13.2 yards per punt return led the PL and ranked seventh in the FCS ... 25.6 yards per kickoff return ranked second in the PL and 19th in the FCS ... totaled 27 receptions for 378 yards and three touchdowns ... caught five passes for 97 yards against Navy ... had a 40-yard punt return touchdown and a receiving touchdown in win over VMI ... returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown and caught a receiving touchdown in win over Marist ... had a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown in win over Lehigh ... caught seven passes for 84 yards and a touchdown against Cornell.Â
2023 (Freshman): Played in 10 games at receiver and special teams … recorded three receptions for 25 yards … returned three kickoffs for 45 yards and one punt for nine yards … also made two tackles … hauled in two passes for 14 yards in season finale at Marist … returned two kicks for 45 yards against Lehigh, including a season-best 24-yard return.
Episcopal Academy: Lettered three years in football and four years in baseball … two-time Inter-Academic All-League selection and 2022 Inter-AC League MVP … named 2022 team captain and team MVP … 2022 Mini Maxwell Award Winner … First Team Inter-AC All-League and First Team All-County in baseball … helped lead the Episcopal Academy Churchmen to a 2019 Inter-AC championship title and a runner-up finish in 2022, going 9-1 both seasons … posted the second-most receiving yards (658) and second-most receptions (39) for a single season in school history … added 653 return yards with five return touchdowns in one season … scored receiving, rushing, kick return, punt return and interception return touchdowns in a single season.
Personal: Thomas Joseph Cadden … born Jan. 12, 2005 in Paoli, Pa. … son of Jen and Keith Cadden … has one brother: Michael … father was an All-American quarterback at Lycoming College … mother was an All-American lacrosse player at James Madison … grandfather, Harry Gicking, was a graduate assistant coach for Bucknell football in 1971-72.
