Usage / Role
3%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Akron
Cole Gest
RB • 5'9" • 195 lbs • Lyndhurst, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Cole Gest leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Indiana • Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Cole Gest built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a running back from Lyndhurst, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Akron and Indiana. The clearest part of Cole Gest's career was his backfield work: 504...
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- Committed To
- Tulane
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Cole Gest, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana. Cole Gest leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 598
- Rushing yards
- 504
- Receiving yards
- 94
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Cole Gest quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 598
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dutchtown · Tulane
- High school pipeline
- Dutchtown · 21 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Indiana | 3 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 40.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 10 | 511 | 428 | 83 | 2 | 64.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Indiana | 1 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Indiana | 4 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 1 | 21.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Cole Gest played RB for Indiana and Akron. Across 6 tracked seasons, Cole Gest recorded 504 rushing yards, 94 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Indiana paired 511 primary output with 50.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Indiana, Akron.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
2.8
Efficiency
22.6
Usage
4
Consistency
49.4
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 3. Eastern Illinois: 6. Ohio State: 1. UConn: 1
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. Ball State: 1 by 31.3. Eastern Illinois: 2 by 31.3. Ohio State: 5 by 19.6. UConn: 1 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.3 · Games = 3 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
Best efficiency game
31.3 vs Eastern Illinois
Player Story
Cole Gest story
Cole Gest built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a running back from Lyndhurst, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Akron and Indiana. The clearest part of Cole Gest's career was his backfield work: 504 rushing yards, 112 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 94 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 94 receiving yards and 152 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cole Gest's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Indiana
2016-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Indiana | 49 | 58.9 | 5.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 511 | 50.3 | 15.2 | 462 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Indiana | 27 | 40 | 8.2 | -484 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Indiana | 11 | 22.6 | 4 | -16 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | -11 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rutgers
Week 12 · W 41-0 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
113
Scrimmage Yards
82.6 takeover
113 scrimmage yards and 36.9 usage.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 11 · W 24-14 · Conference game
109
Scrimmage Yards
75.5 takeover
Win with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
109 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.
#3
vs Wake Forest
Week 4 · L 28-33
22
Scrimmage Yards
63.6 takeover
Loss with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
22 scrimmage yards and 5 usage.
#4
@ Florida International
Week 1 · W 38-28
27
Scrimmage Yards
54.5 takeover
Win with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
27 scrimmage yards and 8.2 usage.
#5
vs Georgia Southern
Week 4 · W 52-17
45
Scrimmage Yards
52.1 takeover
Win with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and 6.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Indiana
511 primary output · 50.3 efficiency · 15.2 usage
64.5
#2
2018 Regular Season · Indiana
42.2
27 primary · 40 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Indiana
40.8
49 primary · 58.9 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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