Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2016Louisville
Cole Hikutini
TE • 6'5" • Sacramento, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Cole Hikutini reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
11
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Cole Hikutini built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a tight end from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Cole Hikutini's career was his receiving role: 69...
Read the storyCole Hikutini, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Louisville. Cole Hikutini reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,016
- Receptions
- 69
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Cole Hikutini quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,016
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Louisville
- Top game
- NC State
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 668 receiving yards · TE 8th (top 3%) · ACC 19th (top 10%) · National 138th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Louisville | 10 | 3 | 103 | 0 | 53.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 16 | 245 | 3 | 53.6 |
| 2016 Postseason | Louisville | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 71.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 49 | 656 | 8 | 71.5 |
Related Context
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Cole Hikutini played TE for Louisville. Across 2 tracked seasons, Cole Hikutini recorded 1,016 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Louisville paired 668 primary output with 77.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 77.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Louisville
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
51.4
Efficiency
77.5
Usage
20
Consistency
42.1
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 12. Charlotte: 25. Syracuse: 41. Florida State: 26. Marshall: 85. Clemson: 84. Duke: 14. NC State: 118. Virginia: 89. Boston College: 18. Wake Forest: 26. Houston: 30. Kentucky: 100
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. LSU: 1 by 80. Charlotte: 2 by 83.3. Syracuse: 4 by 68.3. Florida State: 2 by 86.7. Marshall: 4 by 100. Clemson: 7 by 80. Duke: 2 by 46.7. NC State: 6 by 100. Virginia: 6 by 98.9. Boston College: 2 by 60. Wake Forest: 3 by 57.8. Houston: 4 by 50. Kentucky: 7 by 95.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins49.1 · Games = 9 · -7.4 vs Losses
Losses56.5 · Games = 4 · +7.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
100 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/31 | vs LSU | L 9-29 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Kentucky100 receiving yards | L 38-41 | — | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 1 | 24 |
| Fri 11/18 | @ Houston | L 10-36 | — | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 1 | 12 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Wake Forest | W 44-12 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Boston College | W 52-7 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Virginia | W 32-25 | — | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 0 | 28 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs NC State100 receiving yards | W 54-13 | — | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 1 | 67 |
| Fri 10/14 | vs Duke | W 24-14 | — | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 10/2 | @ Clemson | L 36-42 | — | 7 | 84 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Marshall2+ TD | W 59-28 | — | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 21.30 | 2 | 36 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Florida State | W 63-20 | — | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Syracuse | W 62-28 | — | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 0 | 20 |
| Thu 9/1 | vs Charlotte | W 70-14 | — | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 1 | 24 |
Player Story
Cole Hikutini story
Cole Hikutini built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a tight end from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Cole Hikutini's career was his receiving role: 69 catches, 1,016 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Cole Hikutini's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisville
2015-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201520162016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Louisville | 348 | 77.1 | 11.5 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 348 | 77.1 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Louisville | 668 | 77.5 | 20 | 320 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 668 | 77.5 | 20 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 8 · W 54-13 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
118
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
118 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Texas A&M
Week 1 · W 27-21 · Postseason
103
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
103 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Kentucky
Week 13 · L 38-41
100
Receiving Yards
93.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
100 receiving yards with a 95.2 efficiency score.
#4
@ Virginia
Week 9 · W 32-25 · Conference game
89
Receiving Yards
85.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
89 receiving yards with a 98.9 efficiency score.
#5
vs Virginia
Week 11 · W 38-31 · Conference game
59
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Louisville
668 primary output · 77.5 efficiency · 20 usage
71.5
#2
2016 Regular Season · Louisville
71.5
668 primary · 77.5 efficiency · 20 usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Louisville
53.6
348 primary · 77.1 efficiency · 11.5 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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