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Cole Recker
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Monument, Colo.
  • High School:
    Lewis Palmer
  • Previous College:
    Presentation College
  • Position:
    QB
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • gp
    3
  • yds
    -
  • td
    -
  • yds/g
    -

Bio

Sophomore (2019-20): Played in seven games... Completed 34-of-111 passes for 444 yards and a touchdown... Finished second on the team in passing yards and completions.

Freshman (2018-19): Part of the football program at NAIA Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he was redshirted. 

Prep: Graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School in 2018... Earned three varsity letters in football and two in baseball... Starting quarterback as a senior... Squad reached the state quarterfinals and went 10-2 overall in 2016... Twice named Academic All-State Honorable Mention. 

Personal: Son of Benjamin and Jennifer Recker... Majoring in criminal justice... Now makes his home in Houston, Texas.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18
  Total Conference
Completions - -
Attempts - -
Completion % - -
Yards - -
Yards per game - -
Yards per attempt - -
Touchdowns - -
Interceptions - -
Sacks - -
Yards lost - -
Pass Efficiency 0.0 0.0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - - - - - -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - - - - - -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - - - - - -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - - - - - -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - - - - 0
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 - - - - - 0
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - - - - 0
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - -

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - - - - - - -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - - - - - - -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 1 - - - - 0
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 1 - - - - 0
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 1 - - - - 0
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - -

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Mar 6 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 52-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 Hanover (Ind.) L, 56-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 20 Manchester (Ind.) W, 22-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 41-22 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 42-19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Bluffton L, 23-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 31-18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
March 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
April 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 3 - - - - - - - -
Conference 3 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 1 - - - - - - - -
Away 2 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
March 2 - - - - - - - -
April 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 3 - - - - - - -
Conference 3 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 1 - - - - - - -
Away 2 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
Month                
March 2 - - - - - - -
April 1 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 3 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 3 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 1 - - - - - - - 0
Away 2 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
March 2 - - - - - - - 0
April 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 3 - - - - - - - -
Conference 3 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 1 - - - - - - - -
Away 2 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
March 2 - - - - - - - -
April 1 - - - - - - - -

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                    
March - - - - - - - - - -
April - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 3 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 3 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 1 - - - - 0 .0
Away 2 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins - - - - - 0 -
Losses 3 - - - - 0 .0
Month              
March 2 - - - - 0 .0
April 1 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Month                        
March 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
April 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 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 2 1 0 1.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
March 2 1 0 1.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
April 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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