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Cole Recker
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Monument, Colo.
  • High School:
    Lewis Palmer
  • Position:
    QB
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • gp
    7
  • yds
    444
  • td
    1
  • yds/g
    63.4

Bio

Presentation College (2018): Played football for one year ... Earned Scout Team MVP. 

Prep: Four-year letterman in football at Lewis Palmer High School ... Also competed in baseball and basketball ... Attended the Rocky Mountain Youth Leadership Program ... Received the Levi Patrick Scholarship ... Was a two time Academic All-State Honorable Mention. 

Personal: Son of Benjamin and Jennifer Recker ... Majoring in criminal justice.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7
  Total Conference
Completions 34 29
Attempts 111 94
Completion % 30.6% 30.9%
Yards 444 392
Yards per game 63.4 78.4
Yards per attempt 4.0 4.2
Touchdowns 1 1
Interceptions 9 6
Sacks 15 13
Yards lost 125 105
Pass Efficiency 51.0 56.6

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 4 16 25.0% 39 2.4 0 3 2 20
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 1 1 100.0% 13 13.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 10 21 47.6% 130 6.2 0 2 2 15
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 1 1 3
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 8 25 32.0% 133 5.3 0 1 1 6
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 11 38 28.9% 129 3.4 1 2 8 73
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 0 9 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 1 8
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 2 -20 -10.0 0 0 1 1
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 2 -15 -7.5 0 0 - -
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 - -
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 2 -11 -5.5 0 0 2 0
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 9 -73 -8.1 0 0 - -
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 - -
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 - - - - - 2 0
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 - - - - - 0
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 - - - 0 0 0
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - -

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 1 -20 - - - -20
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 1 - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 1 -15 - - - -15
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 1 -3 - - - -3
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 1 -11 - - - -11
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 1 -73 - - - -73
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 1 -8 - - - -8
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - -

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 56-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hope L, 80-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 52-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 56-29 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 59-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hanover (Ind.) L, 42-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 28-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 53-6 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Manchester (Ind.) L, 19-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton W, 10-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 7 34 111 30.6% 444 63.4 4.0 1 9 46 51.0
2020-21 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 5 40 91 44.0% 348 69.6 3.8 2 8 32 65.7
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 0 2 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 35 74 204 36.3% 792 22.6 3.9 3 17 46 57.1

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 7 17 -130 -18.6 -7.6 0 0 3 1
2020-21 3 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 5 31 59 11.8 1.9 1 10 1 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 - -
Total 35 49 -71 -2.0 -1.4 1 10 4 1

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 7 - - - - - - -
2020-21 3 - - - - - - -
2021-22 5 - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 17 1.7 165 16.5 9.7 1 27
2023-24 10 14 1.4 107 10.7 7.6 1 18
Total 35 31 0.9 272 7.8 8.8 2 27

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2020-21 3 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 5 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 35 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 7 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 3 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 5 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 13 442 34.0 50 5 0 2 0
2023-24 10 3 133 44.3 62 1 0 1 0
Total 35 16 575 35.9 62 6 0 3 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 7 -130 - - - -130 -18.6
2020-21 3 - - - - 0 .0
2021-22 5 59 - - - 59 11.8
2022-23 10 - 165 - - 165 16.5
2023-24 10 0 107 - - 107 10.7
Total 35 -71 272 - - 201 5.7

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2020-21 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 6 1.2 1 - - - 0 - - - 0 0
2022-23 6 0.6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0
2023-24 6 0.6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Total 18 0.5 1 2 - - 0 - 0 - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 7 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 5 2 2 4.0 .8 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2022-23 10 3 1 4.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 7 3 10.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 7 34 111 30.6% 444 63.4 4.0 1 9 46 51.0
Conference 5 29 94 30.9% 392 78.4 4.2 1 6 46 56.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 1 0 9 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Away 5 33 101 32.7% 431 86.2 4.3 1 9 46 54.0
Neutral 1 1 1 100.0% 13 13.0 13.0 0 0 13 209.2
Result                      
Wins - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 34 111 30.6% 444 63.4 4.0 1 9 46 51.0
Month                      
September 3 15 38 39.5% 182 60.7 4.8 0 5 31 53.4
October 2 8 26 30.8% 133 66.5 5.1 0 2 31 58.4
November 2 11 47 23.4% 129 64.5 2.7 1 2 46 45.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 7 17 -130 -18.6 -7.6 0 0 3 1
Conference 5 15 -110 -22.0 -7.3 0 0 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 1 1 -8 -8.0 -8.0 0 0 - -
Away 5 16 -122 -24.4 -7.6 0 0 3 1
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 17 -130 -18.6 -7.6 0 0 3 1
Month                  
September 3 4 -35 -11.7 -8.8 0 0 1 1
October 2 3 -14 -7.0 -4.7 0 0 2 0
November 2 10 -81 -40.5 -8.1 0 0 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 7 - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 1 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 3 - - - - - - -
October 2 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 1 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month                  
September 3 - - - - 0 0 - 0
October 2 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 7 - - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 1 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 2 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 7 -130 - - - -130 -18.6
Conference 5 -110 - - - -110 -22.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 1 -8 - - - -8 -8.0
Away 5 -122 - - - -122 -24.4
Neutral 1 - - - - 0 .0
Result              
Wins - - - - - 0 -
Losses 7 -130 - - - -130 -18.6
Month              
September 3 -35 - - - -35 -11.7
October 2 -14 - - - -14 -7.0
November 2 -81 - - - -81 -40.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Neutral 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Month                        
September 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
October 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 7 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 5 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

News Mentions

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Football Loses in HCAC Action at Rose-Hulman

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – On the road in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play, the Defiance College football team lost, 53-6, to the...

November 2, 2019

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Football Topped by Franklin in HCAC Action

FRANKLIN, Ind. – In the rain on Saturday afternoon after an open week, the Defiance College football team fell, 28-0, to the host Franklin...

October 26, 2019

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Season High Offensive Output Falls Short at Anderson

ANDERSON, Ind. - The Defiance College football team made the southern journey to Anderson University to begin Heartland Collegiate...

September 28, 2019