Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Arkansas
Cole Kelley
QB • 6'7" • 258 lbs • Lafayette, LA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Cole Kelley is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arkansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Cole Kelley built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a quarterback from Lafayette, LA wearing No. 15, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Cole Kelley's career was his passing role: 1,487...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Cole Kelley, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arkansas. Cole Kelley is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,634
- Passing yards
- 1,487
- Rushing yards
- 147
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Cole Kelley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,634
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Arkansas
- Top game
- Louisiana Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Teurlings Catholic · Arkansas
- High school pipeline
- Teurlings Catholic · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Sophomore
- 2018 Total offense rank
- 522 total offense · QB 191st (top 53%) · SEC 39th (top 23%) · National 367th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas | 9 | 1,112 | 1,038 | 74 | 10 | 61.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 9 | 522 | 449 | 73 | 8 | 36.4 |
Related Context
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Cole Kelley played QB for Arkansas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cole Kelley recorded 1,487 passing yards, 147 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arkansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Arkansas paired 1,112 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 45.1 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: North Texas
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Arkansas
Games
9
Primary Metric / G
58
Efficiency
45.1
Usage
8.6
Consistency
34.4
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 96. Colorado State: 96. North Texas: 199. Auburn: 2. Texas A&M: 1. Alabama: 9. Ole Miss: 85. Tulsa: 34. LSU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Illinois: 15 by 63.1. Colorado State: 12 by 65.3. North Texas: 39 by 44.8. Auburn: 2 by 10. Texas A&M: 2 by 27.5. Alabama: 4 by 61.3. Ole Miss: 12 by 48.9. Tulsa: 8 by 51.7. LSU: 1 by 33.3
Split Comparison
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Wins65 · Games = 2 · +9 vs Losses
Losses56 · Games = 7 · -9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
65.3 vs Colorado State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/11 | vs LSU | L 17-24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Tulsa | W 23-0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Ole Miss | L 33-37 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | 48.9 | 7 | 25 | 3.60 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Alabama | L 31-65 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 61.3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Texas A&M | L 17-24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Auburn | L 3-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs North Texas | L 17-44 | 16 | 35 | 185 | 45.7 | 0 | 4 | 44.8 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 1 | 5 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Colorado State | L 27-34 | 6 | 9 | 102 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 65.3 | 3 | -6 | -2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Eastern Illinois | W 55-20 | 9 | 12 | 92 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 63.1 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | 2 |
Player Story
Cole Kelley story
Cole Kelley built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a quarterback from Lafayette, LA wearing No. 15, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Cole Kelley's career was his passing role: 1,487 passing yards, 13 touchdown passes, 218 attempts, and 147 rushing yards across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Arkansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 147 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas.
The arc is straightforward: Cole Kelley 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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Arkansas
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1,112 | 53.6 | 14.9 | 1,112 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 522 | 45.1 | 8.6 | -590 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 2
Game shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
537
Total Offense
82.6 takeover
537 total offense with 65.2 efficiency.
#2
@ Alabama
Week 7 · L 9-41 · Conference game
190
Total Offense
66.9 takeover
Loss with 190 yards of offense and 46.2 efficiency.
190 total offense with 46.2 efficiency.
#3
vs Auburn
Week 8 · L 20-52 · Conference game
177
Total Offense
66.6 takeover
Loss with 177 yards of offense and 54.8 efficiency.
177 total offense with 54.8 efficiency.
#4
@ Ole Miss
Week 3
6
Total Offense
66.3 takeover
Game with 6 yards of offense and 32.5 efficiency.
6 total offense with 32.5 efficiency.
#5
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · W 39-38
270
Total Offense
64 takeover
Win with 270 yards of offense and 66.8 efficiency.
270 total offense with 66.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Arkansas
1,112 primary output · 53.6 efficiency · 14.9 usage
61.7
#2
2018 Regular Season · Arkansas
36.4
522 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Arkansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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