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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Ball State
Cole Pearce
LB • 6'1" • 222 lbs • Mason, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cole Pearce shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
Cole Pearce built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Mason, OH wearing No. 40, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Cole Pearce's career was his defensive production: 201...
Read the storyCole Pearce, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ball State. Cole Pearce shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 201
- TFL
- 25
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Cole Pearce quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 201
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 78 tackles · LB 115th (top 10%) · Mid-American 14th (top 3%) · National 165th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 8 | 37 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 11 | 85 | 14 | 5 | - | 5 | 0 | 78 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 71.9 |
Related Context
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Cole Pearce played LB for Ball State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cole Pearce recorded 201 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Ball State paired 25 primary output with 53.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 53.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
53.8
Usage
14.4
Consistency
58.2
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Murray State: 0. Georgia Southern: 1.5. Northern Illinois: 4.5. Central Michigan: 4. UConn: 3. Eastern Michigan: 3.5. Kent State: 4. Toledo: 1.5. Miami (OH): 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Murray State: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Southern: 6 by 40. Northern Illinois: 8 by 78.3. Central Michigan: 10 by 81.7. UConn: 8 by 63.3. Eastern Michigan: 15 by 85. Kent State: 12 by 90. Toledo: 8 by 48.3. Miami (OH): 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
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Wins3.1 · Games = 5 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 6 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
90 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/23 | @ Miami (OH)Splash game | L 17-18 | 4 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 11/9 | @ Toledo | L 21-28 | 8 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 11/1 | @ Kent State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 27-20 | 12 | 9 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Eastern Michigan10+ tackles · Splash game | L 16-20 | 15 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UConnSplash game | W 25-21 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Central Michigan10+ tackles · Splash game | W 17-16 | 10 | 10 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Northern IllinoisSplash game | W 44-38 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 1.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Georgia Southern | L 23-34 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Murray State | W 31-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Western Michigan | L 30-37 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | @ Tennessee | L 10-59 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cole Pearce story
Cole Pearce built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Mason, OH wearing No. 40, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Cole Pearce's career was his defensive production: 201 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Cole Pearce's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 19.5 | 3.7 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 25 | 53.8 | 14.4 | 24 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 22 | 45.4 | 14.7 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 6 · L 10-24 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
97.2 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Kent State
Week 10 · W 27-20 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
93 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93 takeover score.
#3
vs Northern Illinois
Week 5 · W 44-38 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
92.8 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Central Michigan
Week 6 · W 17-16 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
90.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 90.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 8 · L 16-20 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
87.6 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Ball State
25 primary output · 53.8 efficiency · 14.4 usage
78
#2
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
71.9
22 primary · 45.4 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Ball State
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
11
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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