Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Michigan
Cole Sullivan
LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cole Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Cole Sullivan built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Cole Sullivan's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Cole Sullivan, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Michigan. Cole Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 48
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Cole Sullivan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Michigan
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central Catholic · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Central Catholic · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · LB 327th (top 26%) · Big Ten 94th (top 12%) · National 765th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Michigan | 10 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 62.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan | 10 | 37 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 62.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Cole Sullivan played LB for Michigan. Across 2 tracked seasons, Cole Sullivan recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Michigan paired 11 primary output with 29.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 29.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Michigan
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
29.3
Usage
7.7
Consistency
58.4
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 1. New Mexico: 3. Oklahoma: 2. Central Michigan: 0. Nebraska: 2. Wisconsin: 0. USC: 1. Washington: 1. Maryland: 0. Ohio State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 7 by 39.2. New Mexico: 5 by 50.8. Oklahoma: 3 by 32.5. Central Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Nebraska: 6 by 45. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. USC: 4 by 26.7. Washington: 1 by 14.2. Maryland: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs New Mexico
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ Texas | L 27-41 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Ohio State | L 9-27 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Maryland | W 45-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Washington | W 24-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ USC | L 13-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Wisconsin | W 24-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ NebraskaSplash game | W 30-27 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Central Michigan | W 63-3 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ OklahomaSplash game | L 13-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs New MexicoSplash game | W 34-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cole Sullivan story
Cole Sullivan built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Cole Sullivan's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Michigan. 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 Cole Sullivan's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Cole Sullivan 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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Michigan
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Michigan | 11 | 29.3 | 7.7 | 11 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan | 11 | 29.3 | 7.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 73 New Mexico
Week 1 · W 34-17
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 46 Nebraska
Week 4 · W 30-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 14 Oklahoma
Week 2 · L 13-24 · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 2 Ohio State
Week 14 · L 9-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 16 USC
Week 7 · L 13-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
48.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Michigan
11 primary output · 29.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage
62.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Michigan
62.9
11 primary · 29.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Michigan
38.8
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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