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13 Cole Recker
Cole Recker
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    205
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Monument, Colo.
  • High School:
    Lewis Palmer
  • Position:
    TE
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    165
  • yds/g
    16.5
  • td
    1

Bio

5th Year Senior (2022-23): Played in all 10 games...Recorded four total tackles...Caught 16 passes for 154 yards and one touchdown...Named to HCAC Academic All-Conference Team and named to HCAC All-Conference Second Team.

Senior (2021-22): Appeared in five games...Completed career-high 40 passes and threw for 348 yards notching career-best two touchdowns through the air...Ran the ball 31 times for 59 yards and one touchdown.

Junior (2020-21): Played in three games .. Recorded a tackle.

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
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14
  Total Conference
Receptions 17 9
Yards 165 79
Yards per game 16.5 11.3
Yards per catch 9.7 8.8
Touchdowns 1 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 1 11 11.0 11 0 - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 5 51 10.2 17 1 - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 2 24 12.0 15 0 - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 3 16 5.3 10 0 - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 3 45 15.0 27 0 - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 2 12 6.0 6 0 - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 1 6 6.0 6 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 1 20 20.0 20 1 0 0 0
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 1 22 22.0 22 1 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 2 80 40.0 50 1 0 1 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 1 39 39.0 39 1 0 0 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 8 281 35.1 44 1 0 1 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 1 - 11 - - 11
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 1 - 51 - - 51
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 1 - 24 - - 24
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 1 - 16 - - 16
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 1 - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 1 - 0 - - 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 1 - 45 - - 45
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 1 - 0 - - 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 1 - 12 - - 12
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 1 - 6 - - 6

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

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 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 17 1.7 165 16.5 9.7 1 27
Conference 7 9 1.3 79 11.3 8.8 0 27
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 4 13 3.3 124 31.0 9.5 1 27
Away 6 4 0.7 41 6.8 10.3 0 15
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 6 2.0 63 21.0 10.5 0 27
Losses 7 11 1.6 102 14.6 9.3 1 17
Month                
September 3 8 2.7 86 28.7 10.8 1 17
October 5 6 1.2 61 12.2 10.2 0 27
November 2 3 1.5 18 9.0 6.0 0 6

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 13 442 34.0 50 5 0 2 0
Conference 7 12 422 35.2 50 4 0 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 3 81 27.0 39 3 0 0 0
Away 6 10 361 36.1 50 2 0 2 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 9 320 35.6 44 2 0 1 0
Losses 7 4 122 30.5 50 3 0 1 0
Month                  
September 3 1 20 20.0 20 1 0 0 0
October 5 3 102 34.0 50 2 0 1 0
November 2 9 320 35.6 44 2 0 1 0

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 10 - 165 - - 165 16.5
Conference 7 - 79 - - 79 11.3
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 4 - 124 - - 124 31.0
Away 6 - 41 - - 41 6.8
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 - 63 - - 63 21.0
Losses 7 - 102 - - 102 14.6
Month              
September 3 - 86 - - 86 28.7
October 5 - 61 - - 61 12.2
November 2 - 18 - - 18 9.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 6 0.6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 0 0.0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 6 1.5 - 1 - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 0 0.0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 0.9 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Month                        
September 6 2.0 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0
October 0 0.0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0
November 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 10 3 1 4.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 7 2 0 2.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 4 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 3 0 3.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 3 1 4.0 .6 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 3 1 1 2.0 .7 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 5 2 0 2.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -