Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Kansas
Cole Ballard
QB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Westfield, IN, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Cole Ballard is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Cole Ballard, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kansas. Cole Ballard is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 654
- Passing yards
- 445
- Rushing yards
- 209
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Cole Ballard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 654
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Kansas State
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Sophomore
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 200 total offense · QB 247th (top 60%) · Big 12 66th (top 33%) · National 594th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 2 | 361 | 286 | 75 | 1 | 71.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 93 | 51 | 42 | 1 | 36.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 7 | 200 | 108 | 92 | 1 | 41.6 |
Related Context
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Cole Ballard played QB for Kansas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cole Ballard recorded 445 passing yards, 209 rushing yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Kansas paired 361 primary output with 56.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 80.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Lindenwood
Win with 71 yards of offense and 80.2 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
3
Primary Metric / G
31
Efficiency
80.1
Usage
4.3
Consistency
30.9
Best Game by takeover score
Lindenwood
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Lindenwood: 71. Houston: 16. Kansas State: 6
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Lindenwood: 9 by 80.2. Houston: 1 by 100. Kansas State: 1 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins43.5 · Games = 2 · +37.5 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 1 · -37.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Lindenwood
Best efficiency game
100 vs Houston
Career Arc
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Kansas
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 361 | 56.9 | 23.3 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 93 | 80.1 | 4.3 | -268 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 200 | 60 | 5.8 | 107 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas State
Week 12 · L 27-31 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
217
Total Offense
72.9 takeover
217 total offense with 64.5 efficiency.
#2
vs Lindenwood
Week 1 · W 48-3
71
Total Offense
65.1 takeover
Win with 71 yards of offense and 80.2 efficiency.
71 total offense with 80.2 efficiency.
#3
vs Wagner
Week 1 · W 46-7
80
Total Offense
64.3 takeover
Win with 80 yards of offense and 67.5 efficiency.
80 total offense with 67.5 efficiency.
#4
vs Texas Tech
Week 11 · L 13-16 · Conference game
144
Total Offense
55 takeover
Loss with 144 yards of offense and 49.2 efficiency.
144 total offense with 49.2 efficiency.
#5
@ No. 33 Iowa State
Week 13 · L 14-38 · Conference game
46
Total Offense
47 takeover
Loss with 46 yards of offense and 72.8 efficiency.
46 total offense with 72.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Kansas
361 primary output · 56.9 efficiency · 23.3 usage
71.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
41.6
200 primary · 60 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
36.6
93 primary · 80.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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