
Quarterback, Hawai’i, 2016–19
Cole McDonald
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Class (2019)
- Junior
- Hometown
- La Mirada, CA
- Born
- May 20, 1998, in La Mirada, California
Wikipedia readers: about 788 a month over the past year
Cole McDonald played quarterback at Hawai’i (2016–19). The Tennessee Titans took McDonald in round 7, No. 224 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
493passing yards, best game on filevs. BYU, 20196touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Navy, 2018140rushing yards, best game on fileat New Mexico, 20192rushing touchdowns, best game on filethree times; last at UNLV, 2019Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hawai’i | 25 | 0.23 | – | – | 5.7 | 5% | – | – |
| 2018 | Hawai’i | 617 | 0.33 | 73rd (n=160) | 0.26 | 202.9 | 68% | 0.38 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | Hawai’i | 613 | 0.34 | 73rd (n=155) | 0.27 | 206.7 | 62% | 0.34 | 0.20 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2019 Hawai’i 14 games, 4,138 passing yards, 33 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | vs. | W 45–38 | 29 | 41 | 378 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 31–28 | 30 | 52 | 421 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Sep 14 | at | L 20–52 | 22 | 35 | 218 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 35–16 | 25 | 32 | 300 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
| Sep 28 | at | W 54–3 | 25 | 30 | 312 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | at | L 37–59 | 23 | 41 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 54 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 26–56 | 34 | 52 | 404 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| Oct 26 | at | W 45–31 | 17 | 30 | 237 | 1 | 1 | 140 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | L 38–41 | 21 | 42 | 275 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 16 | at | W 21–7 | 20 | 26 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 14–11 | 13 | 19 | 144 | 1 | 1 | −5 |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 52–31 | 19 | 29 | 250 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Dec 7 | at | L 10–31 | 20 | 36 | 244 | 0 | 1 | −11 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. | W 38–34 | 28 | 46 | 493 | 4 | 0 | −10 |
2018 Hawai’i 13 games, 3,875 passing yards, 36 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | at | W 43–34 | 26 | 37 | 418 | 3 | 0 | 96 |
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 59–41 | 30 | 41 | 428 | 6 | 0 | −14 |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 43–29 | 22 | 33 | 319 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
| Sep 15 | at | L 21–28 | 20 | 32 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 42–21 | 24 | 40 | 273 | 5 | 1 | 56 |
| Sep 29 | at | W 44–41 | 34 | 57 | 341 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Oct 13 | at | L 23–49 | 22 | 38 | 248 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Oct 20 | vs. | L 22–40 | 19 | 37 | 259 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Oct 27 | at | L 20–50 | 17 | 28 | 225 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| Nov 3 | vs. | L 17–56 | 18 | 45 | 331 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 35–28 | 14 | 30 | 175 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Nov 24 | at | W 31–30 | 29 | 46 | 452 | 3 | 0 | −3 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. | L 14–31 | 10 | 20 | 85 | 1 | 2 | −17 |
2017 Hawai’i 6 games, 22 passing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 41–18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sep 9 | at | L 23–56 | – | – | – | – | – | 75 |
| Sep 23 | at | L 21–28 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | W 37–26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Nov 4 | at | L 23–31 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Nov 18 | at | L 0–38 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2020 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅛″ |
| Weight | 215 lb |
| Arm length | 32¼″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| Wingspan | 76¾″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.58 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 sW |
| Vertical jump | 36″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.52 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2023 | XFL | Houston Roughnecks |
| 2024 | CFL | Edmonton Elks * |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.
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