Player Dossier

2008-2012

Vanderbilt

John Cole

WR • 5'10" • Somerset, KY, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

John Cole reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

44

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

38

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

John Cole built his college career from 2008 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Somerset, KY wearing No. 83, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of John Cole's career was his receiving role: 65...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8467

Somerset · Somerset, KY

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

John Cole, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. John Cole reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
758
Receptions
65
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

John Cole quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · WR
Career Receiving Yards
758
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
3-star · Somerset · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Somerset · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 83 · Class 2012

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1-00100
2009 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1036382281.5
2010 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1125317161.5
2011 Regular SeasonVanderbilt2459051.2
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0-00-

Related Context

John Cole played WR for Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, John Cole recorded 39 rushing yards, 758 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2009 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

38.2

Efficiency

70.1

Usage

25.3

Consistency

71.7

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 20. Mississippi State: 32. Rice: 67. Army: 56. Georgia: 25. South Carolina: 37. Georgia Tech: 8. Florida: 33. Kentucky: 61. Tennessee: 43

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. LSU: 2 by 66.7. Mississippi State: 3 by 71.1. Rice: 7 by 63.8. Army: 5 by 74.7. Georgia: 2 by 83.3. South Carolina: 4 by 61.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 53.3. Florida: 3 by 73.3. Kentucky: 5 by 81.3. Tennessee: 4 by 71.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins67 · Games = 1 · +32 vs Losses
Losses35 · Games = 9 · -32 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Georgia

Result
Sun 11/22@ TennesseeL 16-3144310.810.80020
Sat 11/14vs KentuckyL 13-2456112.212.20121
Sun 11/8@ FloridaL 3-273331111014
Sat 10/31vs Georgia TechL 31-56188.5808
Sat 10/24@ South CarolinaL 10-144379.39.30015
Sat 10/17vs GeorgiaL 10-3422512.512.50016
Sat 10/10@ ArmyL 13-1655611.211.20018
Sun 9/27@ RiceW 36-1776712.39.60019
Sat 9/19vs Mississippi StateL 3-1533210.710.70013
Sat 9/12@ LSUL 9-232201010011

Player Story

John Cole story

John Cole built his college career from 2008 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Somerset, KY wearing No. 83, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of John Cole's career was his receiving role: 65 catches, 758 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 39 rushing yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 39 rushing yards and 196 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives John Cole's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2008-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0
2009 Regular SeasonVanderbilt38270.125.3382
2010 Regular SeasonVanderbilt31767.817.3-65
2011 Regular SeasonVanderbilt598014.7-258
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0-59

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UConn

Week 2 · W 24-21

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

50

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Kentucky

Week 11 · L 13-24 · Conference game

61

Receiving Yards

90.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

61 receiving yards with a 81.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 6 · W 52-6

103

Receiving Yards

90.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

103 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Rice

Week 4 · W 36-17

67

Receiving Yards

87.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 63.8 efficiency score.

#5

@ Army

Week 6 · L 13-16

56

Receiving Yards

86.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

56 receiving yards with a 74.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2009 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

81.5

382 primary · 70.1 efficiency · 25.3 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

61.5

317 primary · 67.8 efficiency · 17.3 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games