Player Dossier

2012-2018

Tulsa

Cole Neph

TE • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Owasso, OK, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Cole Neph reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

27

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tulsa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Oklahoma State • Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Cole Neph built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a tight end from Owasso, OK wearing No. 38, spending time with Oklahoma State and Tulsa. The clearest part of Cole Neph's career was his receiving role: 15...

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Cole Neph, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tulsa. Cole Neph reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
205
Receptions
15
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Cole Neph quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · TE
Career Receiving Yards
205
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 18 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Tulsa
Top game
UConn
Latest roster
No. 38 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
200 receiving yards · TE 71st (top 20%) · American Athletic 60th (top 31%) · National 597th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonOklahoma State0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonOklahoma State0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonOklahoma State0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma State115037
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma State0-00-
2017 Regular SeasonTulsa8-00100
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa914200370.2

Related Context

Cole Neph played TE for Oklahoma State and Tulsa. Across 7 tracked seasons, Cole Neph recorded 205 receiving yards, 14 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Tulsa paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 78.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma State, Tulsa.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

22.2

Efficiency

78.4

Usage

14.6

Consistency

53.6

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Arkansas: 40. Arkansas State: 10. Houston: 0. South Florida: 0. Tulane: 34. UConn: 57. Memphis: 6. Navy: 33. SMU: 20

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. Central Arkansas: 4 by 66.7. Arkansas State: 1 by 66.7. Tulane: 3 by 75.6. UConn: 2 by 100. Memphis: 1 by 40. Navy: 2 by 100. SMU: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins39 · Games = 3 · +25.2 vs Losses
Losses13.8 · Games = 6 · -25.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

100 vs SMU

Result
Sat 11/24vs SMUW 27-241202020020
Sat 11/17@ NavyL 29-3723316.516.50023
Sat 11/10@ MemphisL 21-47166606
Sat 11/3vs UConnW 49-1925728.528.50138
Sat 10/27vs TulaneL 17-2433411.311.30020
Fri 10/12vs South FloridaL 24-25
Fri 10/5@ HoustonL 26-41
Sat 9/15vs Arkansas StateL 20-291101010110
Sat 9/1vs Central ArkansasW 38-274401010115

Player Story

Cole Neph story

Cole Neph built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a tight end from Owasso, OK wearing No. 38, spending time with Oklahoma State and Tulsa. The clearest part of Cole Neph's career was his receiving role: 15 catches, 205 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cole Neph's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oklahoma State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulsa

    2017-2018

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonOklahoma State0
2013 Regular SeasonOklahoma State00
2014 Regular SeasonOklahoma State00
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma State533.33.75
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma State0-5
2017 Regular SeasonTulsa00
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa20078.414.6200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UConn

Week 10 · W 49-19 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

57

Receiving Yards

91.3 takeover

57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Central Arkansas

Week 1 · W 38-27

40

Receiving Yards

75.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs Tulane

Week 9 · L 17-24 · Conference game

34

Receiving Yards

72.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 75.6 efficiency score.

#4

@ Navy

Week 12 · L 29-37 · Conference game

33

Receiving Yards

64.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs SMU

Week 13 · W 27-24 · Conference game

20

Receiving Yards

51.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Tulsa

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2018 Regular Season · Tulsa

70.2

200 primary · 78.4 efficiency · 14.6 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

37

5 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games