2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 12
Caden Creel
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fairhope, Ala.
- High School:
- Fairhope HS
-2026 Phil Steele Preseason First-Team All-CUSA
-2025 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl MVP
2025: Saw action in all 14 games, starting the final nine...Showed his athleticism by recording passing, rushing, receiving, and punt return yardage during the season... Took over quarterback responsibilities at Southern Miss (9/27) where he was 9-of-17 passing for 109 yards and a touchdown and carried 23 times for 161 yards and a touchdown...First of six games with 100 rushing and 100 passing yards...Career-high 204 yards passing with two touchdowns, going 12-of-19 and added 143 yards rushing on 20 carries with a score in win over Western Kentucky (11/29) in regular season finale...Engineered game-winning drive at Sam Houston (10/9) with 129 passing yards and 132 rushing yards and a touchdown...Completed career-high 17 passes on 30 attempts with two touchdowns and added 100 rushing yards at FIU (11/22)...Passed for 173 yards and a touchdown in IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl win over Troy (12/16).
2024: Did not see game action.
2023: Redshirted for the Gamecocks as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Tim Carter at Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Ala…as a senior in 2022, racked up 3,008 total yards – fifth among seniors in the state of Alabama – to earn First Team All-State honors from the Alabama Sports Writers Association…threw for 1,822 yards and ran for 1,186 yards, while accounting for 23 touchdowns…averaged 274 yards of total offense per game…was the Alabama 7A Schutt Player of the Week three times and the Al.com Coastal Player of the Week three times…was named Player of the Month once…his spin move that led to a touchdown on Oct. 7 was named the National Play of the Week by SBLive Sports…led the Pirates to the 2021 AHSAA Class 7A Region 1 Title…selected to participate in the Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star Game in 2022…also had an offer from Troy.
-2025 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl MVP
2025: Saw action in all 14 games, starting the final nine...Showed his athleticism by recording passing, rushing, receiving, and punt return yardage during the season... Took over quarterback responsibilities at Southern Miss (9/27) where he was 9-of-17 passing for 109 yards and a touchdown and carried 23 times for 161 yards and a touchdown...First of six games with 100 rushing and 100 passing yards...Career-high 204 yards passing with two touchdowns, going 12-of-19 and added 143 yards rushing on 20 carries with a score in win over Western Kentucky (11/29) in regular season finale...Engineered game-winning drive at Sam Houston (10/9) with 129 passing yards and 132 rushing yards and a touchdown...Completed career-high 17 passes on 30 attempts with two touchdowns and added 100 rushing yards at FIU (11/22)...Passed for 173 yards and a touchdown in IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl win over Troy (12/16).
2024: Did not see game action.
2023: Redshirted for the Gamecocks as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Tim Carter at Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Ala…as a senior in 2022, racked up 3,008 total yards – fifth among seniors in the state of Alabama – to earn First Team All-State honors from the Alabama Sports Writers Association…threw for 1,822 yards and ran for 1,186 yards, while accounting for 23 touchdowns…averaged 274 yards of total offense per game…was the Alabama 7A Schutt Player of the Week three times and the Al.com Coastal Player of the Week three times…was named Player of the Month once…his spin move that led to a touchdown on Oct. 7 was named the National Play of the Week by SBLive Sports…led the Pirates to the 2021 AHSAA Class 7A Region 1 Title…selected to participate in the Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star Game in 2022…also had an offer from Troy.
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