Usage / Role
66%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2014-2018North 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.
Impact Production
88
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Cole Holcomb built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from New Smyrna Beach, FL wearing No. 36, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Cole Holcomb's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 35
- Overall
- No. 173
- NFL Team
- Washington
Cole Holcomb, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · North Carolina. Cole Holcomb shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 312
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 12
Quick Answers
Cole Holcomb quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 312
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 5 · Pick 35 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 104 tackles · LB 45th (top 4%) · ACC 3rd (top 1%) · National 51st (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | North Carolina | 13 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 66.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Carolina | 13 | 105 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Carolina | 11 | 93 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Carolina | 11 | 104 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 67.3 |
Related Context
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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: 2018 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 14 primary output with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.2 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: Miami
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
43.2
Usage
8.2
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Miami
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. California: 0. Louisville: 0. Old Dominion: 2.5. Duke: 1.5. Georgia Tech: 1. Notre Dame: 0. Virginia: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Miami: 4. Pittsburgh: 0. Western Carolina: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 8 by 33.3. Louisville: 6 by 25. Old Dominion: 4 by 41.7. Duke: 13 by 65. Georgia Tech: 12 by 60. Notre Dame: 11 by 45.8. Virginia: 14 by 50. Virginia Tech: 6 by 25. Miami: 9 by 77.5. Pittsburgh: 9 by 37.5. Western Carolina: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.4 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
Miami
Best efficiency game
77.5 vs Miami
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | vs Western Carolina | W 65-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/10 | @ Pittsburgh | W 34-31 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs MiamiSplash game | L 19-24 | 9 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Virginia Tech | L 7-59 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Virginia10+ tackles | L 14-20 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Notre Dame10+ tackles | L 10-33 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 7-33 | 12 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Duke10+ tackles | L 17-27 | 13 | 7 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Old DominionSplash game | W 53-23 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Louisville | L 35-47 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs California | L 30-35 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cole Holcomb story
Cole Holcomb built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from New Smyrna Beach, FL wearing No. 36, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Cole Holcomb's career was his defensive production: 312 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 12 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Cole Holcomb's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Cole Holcomb moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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North Carolina
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | North Carolina | 13 | 46.5 | 8.7 | 13 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Carolina | 13 | 46.5 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Carolina | 10 | 43.2 | 8.2 | -3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Carolina | 14 | 48 | 10 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Pittsburgh
Week 4 · W 38-35 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami
Week 9 · L 19-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia
Week 1 · L 24-33
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#4
vs James Madison
Week 3 · W 56-28
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Duke
Week 4 · L 17-27 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · North Carolina
14 primary output · 48 efficiency · 10 usage
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#2
2016 Postseason · North Carolina
66.6
13 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 8.7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · North Carolina
66.6
13 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 8.7 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
7
Splash games
14
10+ tackle games
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