Cole Pennington

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.

2026 Gardner-Webb 6 games, 1,680 passing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 27	atAustin Peay	L 17–⁠35	27	49	312	1	1	−3
Sep 5	atWofford	L 13–⁠17	31	54	378	0	1	−4
Sep 12	atLiberty	L 23–⁠24	16	38	186	0	2	−5
Sep 19	vs.North Carolina Central	W 44–⁠20	24	38	309	2	0	−26
Sep 26	atMarshall	L 35–⁠36	22	33	298	4	0	−15
Oct 3	atCharleston Southern	W 12–⁠10	27	47	197	1	1	7

2025 Gardner-Webb 10 games, 1,601 passing yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atWestern Carolina	W 52–⁠45	1	3	29	0	1	12
Sep 6	atGeorgia Tech	L 12–⁠59	14	21	164	1	0	−36
Sep 13	vs.The Citadel	W 23–⁠13	2	3	10	0	0	−3
Sep 20	atOhio	L 35–⁠52	0	2	0	0	0	–
Oct 18	vs.UT Martin	L 7–⁠37	18	33	236	0	3	32
Oct 25	atLindenwood	W 48–⁠20	18	21	252	1	0	12
Nov 1	atTennessee Tech	L 21–⁠27	16	28	167	1	0	−35
Nov 8	vs.Southeast Missouri State	W 27–⁠24	15	32	279	1	0	58
Nov 15	atTennessee State	W 30–⁠14	13	20	108	1	0	−5
Nov 22	vs.Western Illinois	L 24–⁠29	29	45	356	2	1	−30

2024 Marshall 3 games, 57 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 31	vs.Stony Brook	W 45–⁠3	4	5	52	1	0	4
Sep 21	atOhio State	L 14–⁠49	1	2	5	0	0	–
Nov 9	atSouthern Miss	W 37–⁠3	–	–	–	–	–	6

2023 Marshall 4 games, 695 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Oct 28	atCoastal Carolina	L 6–⁠34	12	23	77	0	2	−9
Nov 11	vs.Georgia Southern	W 38–⁠33	15	20	201	0	1	−12
Nov 18	atSouth Alabama	L 0–⁠28	22	36	159	0	3	−18
Dec 19 ✦	vs.UTSA	L 17–⁠35	15	33	258	0	0	−30

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.