Chad Cavender

Named GPAC Player of the Year in 2006, Cavender, who transferred to USF from Shasta College, is one of four USF players to earn NAIA National Player of the Year honors when he was named in 2007. While he spent just two years at USF, he had a major impact. Cavender, who helped the Cougars to a 27-1 record in 2006-07, led USF to the 2006 national NAIA title with a 14-0 record. Again in 2007, Cavender was quarterback for the Cougars in a 13-1 season, which ended in a 17-9 loss to Carroll College. In USF's record book, he ranks fifth all-time with 64 passing TDs and fourth all-time in passing yards with 7,089. During his two years with the Cougar Football Team, he completed 496-of-737 passes for a school-record 67.3 percent (just two seasons). He also ranked fifth all-time in total yards with 820 plays for 7,143 yards or 8.71 per play (second all-time). Cavender has two of the top- four passing seasons all-time at USF with 3,674 in 2006 (2nd) and 3,409 in 2007 (4th). He had 38 passing TDs in 2006, which ranks third for a season all-time and his 26 in 2007 ranks seventh all-time. He and his wife, Amy, live in Monterrey, Calif.