Player Dossier

2015-2018

NC State

A.J. Cole III

P • 6'4" • 218 lbs • College Park, GA, USA

Impact contributor

A.J. Cole III shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

A.J. Cole III built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a punter from College Park, GA wearing No. 90, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of A.J. Cole III's career was his field-position work:...

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A.J. Cole III, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · NC State. A.J. Cole III shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Passing yards
9
Rushing yards
1

Quick Answers

A.J. Cole III quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 51 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · NC State
Top game
Mississippi State
Latest roster
No. 90 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 PostseasonNC State1300100
2015 Regular SeasonNC State1300100
2016 PostseasonNC State1300100
2016 Regular SeasonNC State1300100
2017 PostseasonNC State1300100
2017 Regular SeasonNC State1300100
2018 PostseasonNC State1200100
2018 Regular SeasonNC State1200100

Related Context

A.J. Cole III played P for NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, A.J. Cole III recorded 9 passing yards, 1 rushing yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

NC State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2018 Postseason · NC State

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. James Madison: 0. Georgia State: 0. Marshall: 0. Virginia: 0. Boston College: 0. Clemson: 0. Syracuse: 0. Florida State: 0. Wake Forest: 0. North Carolina: 0. East Carolina: 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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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

— vs Texas A&M

Result
Tue 1/1@ Texas A&ML 13-52
Sat 12/1vs East CarolinaW 58-3
Sat 11/24@ North CarolinaW 34-28
Fri 11/9vs Wake ForestL 23-27
Sat 11/3vs Florida StateW 47-28
Sat 10/27@ SyracuseL 41-51
Sat 10/20@ ClemsonL 7-41
Sat 10/6vs Boston CollegeW 28-23
Sat 9/29vs VirginiaW 35-21
Sat 9/22@ MarshallW 37-20
Sat 9/8vs Georgia StateW 41-7
Sat 9/1vs James MadisonW 24-13

Player Story

A.J. Cole III story

A.J. Cole III built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a punter from College Park, GA wearing No. 90, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of A.J. Cole III's career was his field-position work: 217 punts, 9,148 punting yards, and 22 punts inside the 20 across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 9 passing yards, 1 rushing yard, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.

The arc is straightforward: A.J. Cole III 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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    NC State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 PostseasonNC State0
2015 Regular SeasonNC State00
2016 PostseasonNC State00
2016 Regular SeasonNC State00
2017 PostseasonNC State00
2017 Regular SeasonNC State00
2018 PostseasonNC State00
2018 Regular SeasonNC State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Mississippi State

Week 1 · L 28-51 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 13 · L 34-45 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Syracuse

Week 12 · W 42-29 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 11 · L 17-34 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Boston College

Week 10 · W 24-8 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · NC State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2015 Regular Season · NC State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Postseason · NC State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games