Player Dossier

2014-2018

North Carolina

Cole Holcomb

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cole Holcomb shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.

Usage Score

10

Efficiency

48

Consistency

38.3

Season Value

49.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Scouting Read

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Cole Holcomb, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Carolina. Cole Holcomb shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.

Cole Holcomb played LB for North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cole Holcomb recorded 312 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

North Carolina paired 13 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 48 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2018 Regular Season · North Carolina

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

48

Usage

10

Consistency

38.3

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 2. East Carolina: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 5. Miami: 1. Virginia Tech: 1. Syracuse: 0. Virginia: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Duke: 1.5. Western Carolina: 0.5. NC State: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 7 by 49.2. East Carolina: 5 by 25.8. Pittsburgh: 12 by 100. Miami: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 9 by 47.5. Syracuse: 9 by 37.5. Virginia: 13 by 50. Georgia Tech: 22 by 50. Duke: 12 by 65. Western Carolina: 6 by 30. NC State: 6 by 50

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.8 · Games = 2 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 9 · -1.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

100 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/24vs NC StateSplash gameL 28-34621.5001
Sat 11/17vs Western CarolinaW 49-26640.5000
Sat 11/10@ Duke10+ tacklesL 35-421250.5001
Sat 11/3vs Georgia Tech10+ tacklesL 28-382212000
Sat 10/27@ Virginia10+ tacklesL 21-31135000
Sat 10/20@ SyracuseL 37-4096000
Sat 10/13vs Virginia TechL 19-2294100
Fri 9/28@ MiamiL 10-4733100
Sat 9/22vs Pittsburgh10+ tackles · Splash gameW 38-351210211
Sat 9/8@ East CarolinaL 19-41520.5000
Sat 9/1@ CaliforniaSplash gameL 17-2476101

Career Arc

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    North Carolina

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2016 PostseasonNorth Carolina1346.58.713
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1346.58.70
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1043.28.2-3
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1448104

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.8 takeover score.

#2

Miami

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 62.9 takeover score.

#3

Georgia

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#4

James Madison

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.

#5

Duke

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · North Carolina

13 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 8.7 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · North Carolina

50.7

13 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 8.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · North Carolina

49.1

14 primary · 48 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

7

Splash games

14

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

312

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 35 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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