Defensive back, Texas Tech (from North Dakota State), 2020–25
Cole Wisniewski
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Sparta, WI
- Born
- Mar 9, 2002
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Cole Wisniewski played defensive back at North Dakota State (2020–23) and Texas Tech (2025). The Philadelphia Eagles took Wisniewski in round 7, No. 244 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Career highs
10tackles, career highvs. BYU, 20252interceptions, career hightwice; last at South Dakota, 2023Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2025
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Dakota State | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 75 | 38 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Career | 75 | 38 | 5.5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Dakota State | 5 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | North Dakota State | 5 | DB | So. | ||
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 5 | DB | Sr. | 6′4″ | 220 |
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
2025 Texas Tech 13 games, 75 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 67–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Oregon State | W 45–14 | 7 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | at Utah | W 34–10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Houston | W 35–11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Kansas | W 42–17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | at Arizona State | L 22–26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 42–0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 1 | at Kansas State | W 43–20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | vs. BYU | W 29–7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. UCF | W 48–9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at West Virginia | W 49–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.BYU | W 34–7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Oregon | L 0–23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 North Dakota State 6 games, 8 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Eastern Washington | W 35–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. Maine | W 44–7 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Oct 7 | at Missouri State | W 38–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 18 | at Northern Iowa | W 48–27 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 2 ✦ | at Montana State | W 35–34 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 9 ✦ | at South Dakota | W 45–17 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¼″ |
| Weight | 219 lb |
| Arm length | 30½″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| Wingspan | 75½″ |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′2″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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