Player Dossier

2008-2011

SMU

Cole Beasley

WR • 5'9" • Little Elm, TX, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Cole Beasley reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Cole Beasley built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Cole Beasley's career was his receiving role: 255...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7667

Little Elm · Little Elm, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Cole Beasley, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · SMU. Cole Beasley reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,959
Receptions
255
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Cole Beasley quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,959
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
Best season
2011 Postseason · SMU
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
2-star · Little Elm · SMU
High school pipeline
Little Elm · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 11 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
1,040 receiving yards · WR 35th (top 5%) · Conference USA 4th (top 3%) · National 35th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonSMU1042366352.6
2009 PostseasonSMU11388157.5
2009 Regular SeasonSMU1137405257.5
2010 PostseasonSMU14324083.5
2010 Regular SeasonSMU14841,036683.5
2011 PostseasonSMU12786087.2
2011 Regular SeasonSMU1279954387.2

Related Context

Cole Beasley played WR for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cole Beasley recorded 2 rushing yards, 2,959 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason

SMU paired 1,040 primary output with 79.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 52.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Loss 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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2008 Regular Season · SMU

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

36.6

Efficiency

52.3

Usage

21.6

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 34. Texas Tech: 3. TCU: 0. UCF: 22. Tulsa: 94. Houston: 37. Navy: 25. Memphis: 66. UTEP: 24. Southern Miss: 61

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. Rice: 5 by 45.3. Texas Tech: 1 by 20. UCF: 4 by 36.7. Tulsa: 8 by 78.3. Houston: 5 by 49.3. Navy: 5 by 33.3. Memphis: 6 by 73.3. UTEP: 3 by 53.3. Southern Miss: 5 by 81.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half30.6 · Games = 5 · -12 vs Second Half
Second Half42.6 · Games = 5 · +12 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

81.3 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sat 11/29vs Southern MissL 12-2856112.212.20015
Sun 11/16@ UTEPL 10-3632488011
Sat 11/8vs Memphis2+ TDL 26-316661111221
Sat 10/25@ NavyL 7-345255508
Sun 10/19vs HoustonL 38-445377.47.40015
Sun 10/12vs TulsaHigh volumeL 31-3789411.811.80126
Sat 10/4@ UCFL 17-314225.55.50011
Sun 9/21vs TCUL 7-48
Sat 9/13@ Texas TechL 7-43133303
Sat 8/30@ RiceL 27-565346.86.80019

Player Story

Cole Beasley story

Cole Beasley built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Cole Beasley's career was his receiving role: 255 catches, 2,959 receiving yards, 14 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with SMU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 rushing yards and 28 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.

The arc is straightforward: Cole Beasley 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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    SMU

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200920092010201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonSMU36652.321.6
2009 PostseasonSMU49367.816.4127
2009 Regular SeasonSMU49367.816.40
2010 PostseasonSMU1,06076.728.7567
2010 Regular SeasonSMU1,06076.728.70
2011 PostseasonSMU1,04079.535.1-20
2011 Regular SeasonSMU1,04079.535.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 12 · L 31-34 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

94 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Rice

Week 5 · W 42-31 · Conference game

158

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

158 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Northwestern State

Week 3 · W 40-7

171

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

171 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Tulane

Week 9 · W 31-17 · Conference game

135

Receiving Yards

95.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

135 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Tulsa

Week 7 · L 31-37 · Conference game

94

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

94 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Postseason · SMU

1,040 primary output · 79.5 efficiency · 35.1 usage

87.2

#2

2011 Regular Season · SMU

87.2

1,040 primary · 79.5 efficiency · 35.1 usage

#3

2010 Postseason · SMU

83.5

1,060 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 28.7 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

11

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games