2017 Football Roster

40 Josh Cole

  • Class Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 230
  • Position K/P
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Bellaire/Western Kentucky

Biography

2018 (Senior): Transferred to Urbana prior to the 2017-18 academic year and took over the starting placekicker position on the Blue Knight football squad .. Cole will also compete on the UU baseball team during the spring season.

Previous College Experience: Spent 2016 as a member of the Western Kentucky University football team after starting his career at Nassau Community College in New York ... appeared in three games for a 11-3 WKU squad that captured a trophy in the Boca Raton Bowl ... totaled eight kickoffs for 483 combined yards (60.4) ... recorded a season-high four kickoffs against Houston Baptist.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Trey Sissom at Bellaire HS in Houston ... earned first-team all-conference at punter and second-team all-conference at kicker ... named special teams MVP as a junior ... currently holds the school record for longest made field goal of 50 yards ... averaged 41 yards per punt as a senior with a long of 63 yards ... recorded 10 punts over 50 yards and 16 punts that landed inside the 20 ... also played baseball and lacrosse.

Personal: Born in February 1994 ... son of Laroy Cole and Candace Moore ... has one sister and one brother ... studying sports management at UU.

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