Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2018SMU
Cole Sterns
S • 5'11" • 175 lbs • Tucson, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cole Sterns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Player Story
Cole Sterns built his college career in 2018 as a safety from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 21, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Cole Sterns' career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 1.5 tackles for...
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- Committed To
- Northern Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Cole Sterns, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · SMU. Cole Sterns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 22
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Cole Sterns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · S
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Navy
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Sahuaro · Northern Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Sahuaro · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · S 209th (top 45%) · American Athletic 177th (top 32%) · National 1,819th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 8 | 22 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 36.6 |
Related Context
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Cole Sterns played S for SMU. Across 1 tracked season, Cole Sterns recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
SMU paired 2.5 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · SMU
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
14.6
Usage
2.8
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Navy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. TCU: 0. Navy: 1.5. Tulane: 0. Cincinnati: 1. Houston: 0. UConn: 0. Memphis: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 6 by 25. Navy: 2 by 23.3. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 4 by 26.7. Houston: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 5 by 20.8. Memphis: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Navy
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Cincinnati
Player Story
Cole Sterns story
Cole Sterns built his college career in 2018 as a safety from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 21, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Cole Sterns' career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Cole Sterns' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 2.5 | 14.6 | 2.8 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Navy
Week 4 · W 31-30 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
58 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.
#2
@ Arizona State
Week 1
1
Havoc Plays
57.1 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Arizona
Week 1
1
Havoc Plays
57.1 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Cincinnati
Week 9 · L 20-26 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#5
vs TCU
Week 2 · L 12-42
0
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · SMU
2.5 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · 2.8 usage
36.6
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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