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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Army
Cole Christiansen
LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Suffolk, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cole Christiansen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
94
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Army
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Army
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Cole Christiansen built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Suffolk, VA wearing No. 54, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Cole Christiansen's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Army
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Cole Christiansen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Army. Cole Christiansen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 269
- TFL
- 20.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Cole Christiansen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Army · LB
- Career Tackles
- 269
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Army
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Nansemond-Suffolk Academy · Army
- High school pipeline
- Nansemond-Suffolk Academy · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 54 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 112 tackles · LB 22nd (top 2%) · FBS Independents 2nd (top 1%) · National 25th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Army | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Army | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2017 Postseason | Army | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Army | 13 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 12 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 73.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Army | 12 | 112 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.1 |
Related Context
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Cole Christiansen played LB for Army. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cole Christiansen recorded 269 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Army.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Army paired 17 primary output with 38.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Army
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
43.8
Usage
12.3
Consistency
41.7
Best Game by takeover score
Navy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 0. Michigan: 0. UTSA: 2. Morgan State: 0. Tulane: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Georgia State: 0. San José State: 1. Air Force: 1. VMI: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Navy: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 7 by 29.2. Michigan: 12 by 50. UTSA: 9 by 57.5. Morgan State: 11 by 45.8. Tulane: 10 by 41.7. Western Kentucky: 13 by 60. Georgia State: 8 by 33.3. San José State: 3 by 22.5. Air Force: 16 by 60. VMI: 10 by 51.7. Hawai'i: 4 by 16.7. Navy: 9 by 57.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Navy
Best efficiency game
60 vs Air Force
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/14 | @ NavySplash game | L 7-31 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/1 | @ Hawai'i | L 31-52 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs VMI10+ tackles | W 47-6 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Air Force10+ tackles | L 13-17 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs San José State | L 29-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Georgia State | L 21-28 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Western Kentucky10+ tackles | L 8-17 | 13 | 7 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Tulane10+ tackles | L 33-42 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Morgan State10+ tackles | W 52-21 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ UTSASplash game | W 31-13 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Michigan10+ tackles | L 21-24 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Rice | W 14-7 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cole Christiansen story
Cole Christiansen built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Suffolk, VA wearing No. 54, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Cole Christiansen's career was his defensive production: 269 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Army. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Cole Christiansen's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Army.
The arc is straightforward: Cole Christiansen 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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Army
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Army | 1 | 6.1 | 2 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Army | 1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Army | 8 | 33.1 | 8.4 | 7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Army | 8 | 33.1 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 17 | 38.5 | 17.9 | 9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Army | 8 | 43.8 | 12.3 | -9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 8 · W 31-30
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
95 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.
#2
@ Navy
Week 15 · L 7-31
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
@ UTSA
Week 3 · W 31-13
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Fordham
Week 1 · W 64-6
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#5
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 9 · W 37-22
3
Havoc Plays
80.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Army
17 primary output · 38.5 efficiency · 17.9 usage
73.6
#2
2019 Regular Season · Army
58.1
8 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 12.3 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Army
41.3
8 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 8.4 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
7
Splash games
9
10+ tackle games
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