Usage Score
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Gardner-Webb
Cole Pennington
QB • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Versailles, KY, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Cole Pennington is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Efficiency
45.6
Consistency
50
Season Value
42.6
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Marshall • Gardner-Webb
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Cole Pennington, QB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Marshall. Cole Pennington is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Cole Pennington played QB for Marshall and Gardner-Webb. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cole Pennington recorded 752 passing yards, -59 rushing yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Marshall paired 626 primary output with 47.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 45.6 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 Marshall, Gardner-Webb.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Game with 128 yards of offense and 57.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Gardner-Webb
Games
2
Primary Metric / G
64
Efficiency
45.6
Usage
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Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 128. Ohio: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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All Games64 · Games = 2
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
57.9 vs Georgia Tech
Career Arc
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- 1
Marshall
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Gardner-Webb
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 626 | 47.5 | 12.1 | 626 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 626 | 47.5 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Marshall | 67 | 64.5 | 2.5 | -559 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Gardner-Webb | 128 | 45.6 | — | 61 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Georgia Tech
Game with 128 yards of offense and 57.9 efficiency.
128
Primary metric
128 total offense with 57.9 efficiency.
#2
Unknown
56
Primary metric
Game with 56 yards of offense and 76.7 efficiency.
56 total offense with 76.7 efficiency.
#3
UTSA
228
Primary metric
Loss with 228 yards of offense and 52.7 efficiency.
228 total offense with 52.7 efficiency.
#4
Georgia Southern
189
Primary metric
Win with 189 yards of offense and 59.7 efficiency.
189 total offense with 59.7 efficiency.
#5
South Alabama
141
Primary metric
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
141 total offense with 41.1 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2023 Postseason · Marshall
626 primary output · 47.5 efficiency · 12.1 usage
59.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Marshall
59.6
626 primary · 47.5 efficiency · 12.1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Gardner-Webb
42.6
128 primary · 45.6 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
250+ passing yards
0
300+ total offense
1
3+ takeover TD games
2
Above avg efficiency
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2022 · Rating 0.8448
Sayre School · Lexington, KY
- Committed To
- Marshall
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Career Facts
2
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
693
Career Total Offense
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 9 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.