Player Dossier

2016-2018

South Alabama

Cole Garvin

QB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Tyrone, GA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Cole Garvin is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage Score

12.8

Efficiency

55.6

Consistency

41.3

Season Value

37.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cole Garvin, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · South Alabama. Cole Garvin is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Cole Garvin played QB for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cole Garvin recorded 2,477 passing yards, 51 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with South Alabama.

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Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 1,461 primary output with 51.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 55.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

5

Primary Metric / G

118.2

Efficiency

55.6

Usage

12.8

Consistency

41.3

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 50. Oklahoma State: 13. UL Monroe: 83. Louisiana: 304. Coastal Carolina: 141

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. Louisiana Tech: 22 by 30.8. Oklahoma State: 8 by 43.4. UL Monroe: 24 by 52.5. Louisiana: 40 by 66.8. Coastal Carolina: 14 by 84.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins141 · Games = 1 · +28.5 vs Losses
Losses112.5 · Games = 4 · -28.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

84.4 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Fri 11/23vs Coastal CarolinaW 31-287911177.82084.4530607
Sat 11/17@ LouisianaDual-threatL 38-48182825464.32166.812504.20016
Sat 11/10vs UL MonroeL 10-3813199568.40052.55-12-2.4005
Sun 9/9@ Oklahoma StateL 13-55361750.00043.42-4-207
Sat 9/1vs Louisiana TechL 26-307164743.81230.8630.50013

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonSouth Alabama47655.313.1—
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama47655.313.10
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1,46151.215.8985
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama59155.612.8-870

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

San Diego State

Win with 256 yards of offense and 67.7 efficiency.

256

Primary metric

256 total offense with 67.7 efficiency.

#2

Louisiana

304

Primary metric

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

304 total offense with 66.8 efficiency.

#3

New Mexico State

264

Primary metric

Loss with 264 yards of offense and 52.3 efficiency.

264 total offense with 52.3 efficiency.

#4

Arkansas State

323

Primary metric

Win with 323 yards of offense and 54.8 efficiency.

323 total offense with 54.8 efficiency.

#5

Ole Miss

222

Primary metric

Loss with 222 yards of offense and 59 efficiency.

222 total offense with 59 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · South Alabama

1,461 primary output · 51.2 efficiency · 15.8 usage

58.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · South Alabama

37.5

591 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 12.8 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · South Alabama

30.1

476 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 13.1 usage

Milestones

4

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

2

3+ TD games

6

Above avg efficiency

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

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Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

2,528

Career Total Offense

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 19 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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