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Jersey Number 32
Brian Cole II
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Saginaw, MI
- High School/Previous School:
- East Mississippi CC
Bio
2020 NFL Scouting Combine
2020 Senior Bowl
2019 Team Captain
CAREER: Athletic playmaker, who played his final two years of eligibility at MSU and served as a team captain during his senior season … Excellent length and physicality with all the tools to make an impact … Dynamic and explosive off the edge …. Versatile in coverage, allowing him to play various roles in the secondary … Started all 12 games played in 2019 … Appeared in the first five games of the 2018 season, earning four starts, before being sidelined with an upper-body injury … Returned from injury with a standout performance in spring practices, resuming his role at the STAR position … Earned his undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies in May 2019 … Started 16 of 17 career game played with the Bulldogs … Finished career with 78 total tackles, including 10.5 for loss, three sacks, two interceptions, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.
2019 REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON: Started all 12 games played at STAR … Third on the team in tackles with 65 … Second on the team in tackles for loss with 7.5 … Led MSU defensive backs in sacks with two … Made one interception and broke up a pair of passes … Registered 12 total pressures, including four QB hits, according to Pro Football Focus … Recorded 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks over the first three games of the season … Logged at least 0.5 TFL in six different games … Returned six kicks for 104 yards … Recovered a fumble and made one tackle for loss in the season opener at Louisiana (8/31) … Turned in a career-high 2.5 TFLs and one sack vs. Southern Miss (9/7) … Collected two TFLs, one sack and a forced fumble vs. Kansas State (9/14) … Made one TFL and recorded his second career interception at Tennessee (10/12) … Led the team with a career-high nine tackles at Texas A&M (10/26) … Tallied five tackles and recovered a fumble in the Egg Bowl vs. Ole Miss (11/28).
2018 REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON: Appeared in the first five contests of the season, earning four starts at the STAR position … Crucial in the kick return game in those contests … Totaled 11 tackles, adding three for loss and a sack … Added one interception on the season … Held opposing quarterbacks to a 75.1 passer rating and allowed zero receptions in two of his five appearances … Allowed just 9.4 yards per reception in coverage … On special teams, returned a team-leading 10 kicks for 225 total yards … Averaged 22.5 yards per return … Made his debut vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/1), collecting two tackles with one for loss of a yard … Returned to two kicks against the Lumberjacks for a season-high of 59 yards … His return of 40 yards was the longest of the year by a Bulldog … Lone sack of the season came at Kanas State (9/8) … Also returned a kick for 37 yards against the Wildcats to set up an MSU scoring drive … Earned a season-high defensive grade of 80.8 from Pro Football Focus in his SEC debut at Kentucky (9/22) … His lone tackle against the Wildcats was for a loss of five yards … Was targeted once and made an athletic interception, the first of his career, to earn a season-high 86.8 coverage grade against Kentucky … Collected a career-high six tackles vs. Florida (9/29), earning a season-high tacking grade of 81.1 from PFF, and returned a career-high three kicks for a total of 45 yards … Suffered an upper-body injury during the first quarter against the Gators, forcing him to miss the remainder of the 2018 season.
2017 JUNIOR SEASON: Redshirted for academic reasons in his first season on campus.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: One of the top five junior college safeties in America according to 247 Sports and Scout.com … No. 47 on Scout.com’s JUCO Top 100 overall list and No. 84 on 247Sports … Recorded 54 tackles with one sack and three forced fumbles in 2016 at East Miss. CC … Returned one fumble for a touchdown and also blocked three kicks.
2015 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (AT MICHIGAN): Played three games at wide receiver and on special teams at the University of Michigan and caught one pass in his debut against Utah.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-star prospect out of Heritage High School where he was coached by Don Maloney… Signed with Michigan and was the No. 1 player in the state of Michigan according to 247Sports and ESPN.com … Rated the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in Michigan before making the switch to defensive back in junior college.
PERSONAL: Born Brian Keith Cole II on April 3, 1997 … Son of Brian and Kim Cole … Grew up in Saginaw, Mich., and played 7-on-7 football in Detroit … Earned his undergraduate degree interdisciplinary studies in May of 2019 … Currently pursuing a second degree in communications.
COLE II’S CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles: 9, at Texas A&M (10-26-19)
Tackles For Loss: 2.5, vs. Southern Miss (9-7-19)
Sacks: 1.0, (3x), last vs. Kansas State (9-14-19)
Pass Breakups: 1, (twice), last at Arkansas (11-2-19)
Interceptions: 1, (twice), last vs Tennessee (10-12-19)
Fumbles Forced: 1, vs. Kansas State (9-14-19)
Fumbles Recovered: 1, (twice), last vs. Ole Miss (11-28-19)
2020 Senior Bowl
2019 Team Captain
CAREER: Athletic playmaker, who played his final two years of eligibility at MSU and served as a team captain during his senior season … Excellent length and physicality with all the tools to make an impact … Dynamic and explosive off the edge …. Versatile in coverage, allowing him to play various roles in the secondary … Started all 12 games played in 2019 … Appeared in the first five games of the 2018 season, earning four starts, before being sidelined with an upper-body injury … Returned from injury with a standout performance in spring practices, resuming his role at the STAR position … Earned his undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies in May 2019 … Started 16 of 17 career game played with the Bulldogs … Finished career with 78 total tackles, including 10.5 for loss, three sacks, two interceptions, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.
2019 REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON: Started all 12 games played at STAR … Third on the team in tackles with 65 … Second on the team in tackles for loss with 7.5 … Led MSU defensive backs in sacks with two … Made one interception and broke up a pair of passes … Registered 12 total pressures, including four QB hits, according to Pro Football Focus … Recorded 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks over the first three games of the season … Logged at least 0.5 TFL in six different games … Returned six kicks for 104 yards … Recovered a fumble and made one tackle for loss in the season opener at Louisiana (8/31) … Turned in a career-high 2.5 TFLs and one sack vs. Southern Miss (9/7) … Collected two TFLs, one sack and a forced fumble vs. Kansas State (9/14) … Made one TFL and recorded his second career interception at Tennessee (10/12) … Led the team with a career-high nine tackles at Texas A&M (10/26) … Tallied five tackles and recovered a fumble in the Egg Bowl vs. Ole Miss (11/28).
2018 REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON: Appeared in the first five contests of the season, earning four starts at the STAR position … Crucial in the kick return game in those contests … Totaled 11 tackles, adding three for loss and a sack … Added one interception on the season … Held opposing quarterbacks to a 75.1 passer rating and allowed zero receptions in two of his five appearances … Allowed just 9.4 yards per reception in coverage … On special teams, returned a team-leading 10 kicks for 225 total yards … Averaged 22.5 yards per return … Made his debut vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/1), collecting two tackles with one for loss of a yard … Returned to two kicks against the Lumberjacks for a season-high of 59 yards … His return of 40 yards was the longest of the year by a Bulldog … Lone sack of the season came at Kanas State (9/8) … Also returned a kick for 37 yards against the Wildcats to set up an MSU scoring drive … Earned a season-high defensive grade of 80.8 from Pro Football Focus in his SEC debut at Kentucky (9/22) … His lone tackle against the Wildcats was for a loss of five yards … Was targeted once and made an athletic interception, the first of his career, to earn a season-high 86.8 coverage grade against Kentucky … Collected a career-high six tackles vs. Florida (9/29), earning a season-high tacking grade of 81.1 from PFF, and returned a career-high three kicks for a total of 45 yards … Suffered an upper-body injury during the first quarter against the Gators, forcing him to miss the remainder of the 2018 season.
2017 JUNIOR SEASON: Redshirted for academic reasons in his first season on campus.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: One of the top five junior college safeties in America according to 247 Sports and Scout.com … No. 47 on Scout.com’s JUCO Top 100 overall list and No. 84 on 247Sports … Recorded 54 tackles with one sack and three forced fumbles in 2016 at East Miss. CC … Returned one fumble for a touchdown and also blocked three kicks.
2015 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (AT MICHIGAN): Played three games at wide receiver and on special teams at the University of Michigan and caught one pass in his debut against Utah.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-star prospect out of Heritage High School where he was coached by Don Maloney… Signed with Michigan and was the No. 1 player in the state of Michigan according to 247Sports and ESPN.com … Rated the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in Michigan before making the switch to defensive back in junior college.
PERSONAL: Born Brian Keith Cole II on April 3, 1997 … Son of Brian and Kim Cole … Grew up in Saginaw, Mich., and played 7-on-7 football in Detroit … Earned his undergraduate degree interdisciplinary studies in May of 2019 … Currently pursuing a second degree in communications.
COLE II’S CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles: 9, at Texas A&M (10-26-19)
Tackles For Loss: 2.5, vs. Southern Miss (9-7-19)
Sacks: 1.0, (3x), last vs. Kansas State (9-14-19)
Pass Breakups: 1, (twice), last at Arkansas (11-2-19)
Interceptions: 1, (twice), last vs Tennessee (10-12-19)
Fumbles Forced: 1, vs. Kansas State (9-14-19)
Fumbles Recovered: 1, (twice), last vs. Ole Miss (11-28-19)
FOOTBALL | Jeff Lebby Postgame vs. Southern Miss
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Brylan Lanier INT
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Fluff Bothwell TD
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Ferrie 55-yard FG
Saturday, August 30
