Audie Cole in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, NC State, 2007–⁠11

Audie Cole

Lettered 2008–⁠11 (school media guide)

Number
No. 42
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Monroe, MI
Born
Jun 1, 1989, in Monroe, Michigan

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Audie Cole played linebacker at NC State (2007–⁠11). The Minnesota Vikings took Cole in round 7, No. 210 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010NC State1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2008N1336900––––
2009123439738.53.50111
2010124937861051322
201113614710812.55.50444
On file1471292763114––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009NC State42LB
2010NC State42LB
2011NC State42LB6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 NC State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 11atUCFW 28–⁠211

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (North team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2012
Height6′4⅛″
Weight246 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.81 s
10-yard split1.68 sW
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill6.96 s
20-yard shuttle4.29 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 29 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2013Minnesota Vikings74410
2014Minnesota Vikings92600
2015Minnesota Vikings3200
2016Minnesota Vikings101200
NFL career298410

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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