Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 7 | — |
| Target share | 8.2% | — |
| Catch rate | 85.7% | — |
| Success rate per target | 71.4% | — |
| Yards per target | 12.3 | — |
| Explosive catches | 14.3% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 28.6% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Rusk's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted7 targets charted
2025 charting · Illinois
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Rusk’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted13 targets charted
Career
2 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Arizona#22 · 6-2 | 3 | 19% | 6 | 86 | 0 | 8.2% |
| 2025 |  Illinois#27 · 9-4 | 8 | 28% | 19 | 217 | 1 | 9.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cole Rusk's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cole Rusk's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Northern Arizona | W 35–7 | 5.3 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | @ BYU | L 17–28 | 7.3 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 34 |
| 3 |  Northern Illinois | W 42–17 | 6.4 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | @ Washington State | W 34–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 |  Cincinnati | W 34–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 | @ West Virginia | W 52–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 8 |  Iowa State | W 39–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 9 | @ Texas Tech | L 26–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 6.3 | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | 34 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 6 | 1004th / 2089 |
| Yards | 86 | 863rd / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 34 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Northern Arizona | ✓ TE | 72 | ~42 (36–51) | 1 | 58% |
| Wk 2 · BYU | ✓ TE | 62 | ~31 (14–44) | 3 | 50% |
| Wk 3 · Northern Illinois | — | 64 | ~32 (15–46) | 3 | 50% |
| Season | 2 GS | 548 | 105 (57–140) | 7 | 19% |
Position Room
7 TEs on the Arizona roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Tyler Powell | TE | SR | 15 | 81 | 2 | 11% | +0.25 |
| 8 | Shane King | TE | SO | 7 | 75 | 1 | 7% | +0.50 |
| 14 | Cole Rusk | TE | SR | 6 | 86 | 0 | 6% | +1.22 |
| 88 | Henry Gabalis | TE | FR | 1 | 40 | 1 | 3% | +3.19 |
| 83 | Tyler Mustain | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Kellan Ford | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Arthur Ban | TE | JR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.51 |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Arizona depth chart →