Player Dossier

2012-2015

California

Cole Leininger

P • 6'1" • Fruit Cove, FL, USA

Impact contributor

Cole Leininger shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Player Story

Cole Leininger built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a punter from Fruit Cove, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with California. The clearest part of Cole Leininger's career was his field-position work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7964

Bartram Trail · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
California
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Cole Leininger, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · California. Cole Leininger shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Passing yards
1

Quick Answers

Cole Leininger quick answers

Latest team and position
California · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 48 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · California
Top game
Oregon State
Recruit profile
2-star · Bartram Trail · California
High school pipeline
Bartram Trail · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 16 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2012 Regular SeasonCalifornia1200100
2013 Regular SeasonCalifornia1200100
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia1200100
2015 PostseasonCalifornia1200100
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia1200100

Related Context

Cole Leininger played P for California. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cole Leininger recorded 1 passing yards. His top tracked season came in 2013 with California.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

California paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · California

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. Portland State: 0. Ohio State: 0. Oregon: 0. Washington State: 0. UCLA: 0. Oregon State: 0. Washington: 0. Arizona: 0. USC: 0. Colorado: 0. Stanford: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 11 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

— vs Stanford

Result
Sat 11/23@ StanfordL 13-63111100.000
Sat 11/16@ ColoradoL 24-41
Sat 11/9vs USCL 28-62
Sat 11/2vs ArizonaL 28-33
Sun 10/27@ WashingtonL 17-41
Sun 10/20vs Oregon StateL 17-49
Sun 10/13@ UCLAL 10-37
Sat 10/5vs Washington StateL 22-44
Sun 9/29@ OregonL 16-55
Sat 9/14vs Ohio StateL 34-52
Sat 9/7vs Portland StateW 37-30
Sun 9/1vs NorthwesternL 30-44

Player Story

Cole Leininger story

Cole Leininger built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a punter from Fruit Cove, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with California. The clearest part of Cole Leininger's career was his field-position work: 218 punts, 8,955 punting yards, and 17 punts inside the 20 across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with California. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 1 passing yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.

The arc is straightforward: Cole Leininger 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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    California

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonCalifornia0
2013 Regular SeasonCalifornia00
2014 Regular SeasonCalifornia00
2015 PostseasonCalifornia00
2015 Regular SeasonCalifornia00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oregon State

Week 12 · L 14-62 · Conference game

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 11 · L 17-59 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Washington

Week 10 · L 13-21 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Utah

Week 9 · L 27-49 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Stanford

Week 8 · L 3-21 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · California

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2013 Regular Season · California

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · California

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games