Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Illinois
Cole Rusk
TE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Rock Island, IL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Cole Rusk reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
27
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Cole Rusk built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Rock Island, IL wearing No. 14, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Illinois. The clearest part of Cole Rusk's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Eastern Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Cole Rusk, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois. Cole Rusk reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 217
- Receptions
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Cole Rusk quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 217
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Rock Island · Eastern Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Rock Island · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 217 receiving yards · TE 102nd (top 22%) · Big Ten 82nd (top 29%) · National 591st (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 19 | 217 | 1 | 61.4 |
Related Context
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Cole Rusk played TE for Eastern Michigan and Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cole Rusk recorded 217 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Illinois paired 217 primary output with 66.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 66.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Eastern Michigan, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
27.1
Efficiency
66.3
Usage
11.3
Consistency
41.8
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 8. Western Michigan: -1. Indiana: 21. USC: 17. Ohio State: 68. Washington: 56. Maryland: 15. Wisconsin: 33
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. Duke: 1 by 53.3. Western Michigan: 1 by 0. Indiana: 2 by 70. USC: 1 by 100. Ohio State: 5 by 90.7. Washington: 4 by 93.3. Maryland: 2 by 50. Wisconsin: 3 by 73.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins9.8 · Games = 4 · -34.8 vs Losses
Losses44.5 · Games = 4 · +34.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
100 vs USC
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/23 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-27 | — | 3 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Maryland | W 24-6 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Washington | L 25-42 | — | 4 | 56 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ohio State | L 16-34 | — | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs USC | W 34-32 | — | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Indiana | L 10-63 | — | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Western Michigan | W 38-0 | — | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Duke | W 45-19 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
Player Story
Cole Rusk story
Cole Rusk built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Rock Island, IL wearing No. 14, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Illinois. The clearest part of Cole Rusk's career was his receiving role: 19 catches, 217 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Cole Rusk'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
Eastern Michigan
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 217 | 66.3 | 11.3 | 217 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 3
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
83
Receiving Yards
96.1 takeover
83 receiving yards with a 92.2 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 2 Ohio State
Week 7 · L 16-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
68
Receiving Yards
82.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
68 receiving yards with a 90.7 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 13 Washington
Week 9 · L 25-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
56
Receiving Yards
78.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
56 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 13 · L 10-27 · Conference game
33
Receiving Yards
56.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 1 Indiana
Week 4 · L 10-63 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
21
Receiving Yards
47.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
217 primary output · 66.3 efficiency · 11.3 usage
61.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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