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Player Dossier
2016-2020South Alabama
Riley Cole
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Oneonta, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Riley Cole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: App State
Player Story
Riley Cole built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Oneonta, AL wearing No. 4, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Riley Cole's career was his defensive production: 218...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Riley Cole, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama. Riley Cole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 218
- TFL
- 18
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Riley Cole quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 218
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- App State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Oneonta · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Oneonta · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 96 tackles · LB 13th (top 2%) · Sun Belt 2nd (top 1%) · National 14th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 55 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 25.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Alabama | 10 | 96 | 6.5 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 69.5 |
Related Context
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Riley Cole played LB for South Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Riley Cole recorded 218 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 10.5 primary output with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
48
Usage
15.8
Consistency
64.4
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. Tulane: 0. UAB: 2.5. Texas State: 1.5. UL Monroe: 2. Georgia Southern: 1. Coastal Carolina: 1. Louisiana: 0.5. Georgia State: 0. Troy: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 12 by 60. Tulane: 4 by 16.7. UAB: 9 by 62.5. Texas State: 15 by 65. UL Monroe: 5 by 40.8. Georgia Southern: 8 by 43.3. Coastal Carolina: 15 by 60. Louisiana: 7 by 34.2. Georgia State: 11 by 45.8. Troy: 10 by 51.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
65 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | vs Troy10+ tackles | L 0-29 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Georgia State10+ tackles | L 14-31 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Louisiana | L 10-38 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/8 | @ Coastal Carolina10+ tackles | L 6-23 | 15 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/29 | @ Georgia Southern | L 17-24 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs UL MonroeSplash game | W 38-14 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Texas State10+ tackles | W 30-20 | 15 | 10 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/24 | vs UABSplash game | L 10-42 | 9 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Tulane | L 24-27 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/4 | @ Southern Miss10+ tackles | W 32-21 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Riley Cole story
Riley Cole built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Oneonta, AL wearing No. 4, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Riley Cole's career was his defensive production: 218 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with South Alabama. 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 Riley Cole's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Riley Cole 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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South Alabama
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 3.5 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2 | 18.4 | 2.6 | -1.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 16 | 33.8 | 9.5 | 14 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Alabama | 10.5 | 48 | 15.8 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs App State
Week 9 · L 3-30 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs UAB
Week 4 · L 10-42
2.5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Oklahoma State
Week 2 · L 7-44
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas State
Week 7 · W 30-20 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#5
vs UL Monroe
Week 8 · W 38-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
10.5 primary output · 48 efficiency · 15.8 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
62.2
16 primary · 33.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · South Alabama
39.4
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
7
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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