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Jersey Number 70
Cole Spencer
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Super-Senior
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- High School:
- Trinity
Bio
2023 SEASON (SUPER SENIOR)
Appeared in six games - all starts - during his lone season as a Red Raider … veteran presence along the offensive line, appearing primarily at left guard … moved inside with the Red Raiders after previously playing primarily left tackle while at Western Kentucky … missed half the regular season due to a leg injury suffered during Big 12 play … injury was suffered late in the win over Houston (9/30) that kept him off the field for the remainder of the regular season … returned for the Radiant Technologies Independence Bowl versus Cal (12/16) … credited with 454 offensive snaps on the season by Pro Football Focus, which gave him a 70.4 overall grade … received a 78.2 grade as a pass blocker after allowing only six pressures over 261 opportunities … surrendered only one sack during that span, giving him only nine allowed over 2,176 opportunities at the college level between his time at Texas Tech and Western Kentucky … only gave up one quarterback hit and four additional pressures overall on the season … AWARDS AND HONORS: member of the watch list for the Comeback Player of the Year by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) ... 2024 NFL DRAFT: signed as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans organization immediately following the draft.
2022 SEASON (SUPER SENIOR)
Forced to miss the entire 2022 campaign following a preseason injury … considered a good off-the-field role model for a young offensive line … will return for the 2023 season for his final year of eligibility thanks to a medical redshirt season … named to the Outland Trophy preseason watch list.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Transferred from Western Kentucky to play his final year of eligibility with the Red Raiders … spent the past five seasons with the Hilltoppers where he made 44 starts during his career … will reunite with former WKU coaches Stephen Hamby and Zach Kittley ... 2021 SEASON (SENIOR): started in all 13 games he appeared as he made 36 consecutive starts to end his career at WKU … collected first team All-CUSA honors by the conference coaches … ranked by Pro Football Focus as the best pass-blocker in the conference, grading out at 90.7 overall … grade was also fifth nationally among FBS offensive linemen … WKU’s offensive line was ranked first in the nation by PFF with a 90.7 pass block grade … credited with 980 snaps overall, grading out an 76.9 overall according to PFF, which led the offensive line … allowed only two sacks and six quarterback hurries over 683 pass attempts for a WKU offense that ranked second nationally in scoring and led the country in passing ... 2020 SEASON (JUNIOR): started all 12 games as a junior, pushing his streak to 23 consecutive starts … credited with 764 offensive snaps at the left tackle position … ranked third among C-USA tackles with a 78.2 overall blocking grade according to PFF … trailed only teammate Mason Brooks’ 83.4 graduate and the 85.8 rating from Will Ulmer of Marshall … his 84.7 pass-blocking grade led all C-USA tackles and placed him 11th in FBS … allowed only one sack and one quarterback hit all season ... 2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): played in all 13 games with 11 starts at left tackle for the Hilltoppers … accounted for 813 offensive snaps, finishing with an 81.8 overall blocking grade and 87.4 pass-blocking grade by PFF, which led all C-USA offensive tackles … his pass blocking grade ranked 13th among all tackles in the nation, while his overall blocking grade tied for 22nd … his 72.9 run-blocking grade tied for third in C-USA … was the only C-USA tackle who did not give up a sack or did not get called for a penalty … allowed only three quarterback hits, four hurries and five pressures all season ... 2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): started the first three games of the season at left tackle and played all 223 snaps at left tackle … missed remainder of the season due to an injury suffered at Louisville (9/15) … was granted a redshirt to restore his sophomore year of eligibility … allowed only one sack and was called for one penalty in those three contests ... 2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): started the final five games of his true freshman season at right tackle after not appearing in his first eight games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky. … three-year letterwinner for one of the top high school programs in the state of Kentucky … helped push the Shamrocks to two Class 6A state titles his sophomore and seniors seasons … Trinity finished a perfect 15-0 his senior season … an All-State second team honoree by the Louisville Courier-Journal his senior season … also had scholarship offers from Bowling Green and Tulane before committing to Western Kentucky.
PERSONAL
Cole Spencer ... son of Robert Spencer and Julia Spencer … has one older brother, Jackson … both parents played tennis at the University of Louisville, while his aunt was a member of the Western Kentucky women’s basketball team that made a run to the 1992 Final Four … enjoys cooking BBQ and going to the pool … interested in the medical sales profession ... received his bachelor’s degree in marketing and also completed his master’s degree in business administration with a focus in data analytics at Western Kentucky … earned a master's degree from Texas Tech, May 2023, in interdisciplinary studies ... currently seeking an essentials of business certificate.
Appeared in six games - all starts - during his lone season as a Red Raider … veteran presence along the offensive line, appearing primarily at left guard … moved inside with the Red Raiders after previously playing primarily left tackle while at Western Kentucky … missed half the regular season due to a leg injury suffered during Big 12 play … injury was suffered late in the win over Houston (9/30) that kept him off the field for the remainder of the regular season … returned for the Radiant Technologies Independence Bowl versus Cal (12/16) … credited with 454 offensive snaps on the season by Pro Football Focus, which gave him a 70.4 overall grade … received a 78.2 grade as a pass blocker after allowing only six pressures over 261 opportunities … surrendered only one sack during that span, giving him only nine allowed over 2,176 opportunities at the college level between his time at Texas Tech and Western Kentucky … only gave up one quarterback hit and four additional pressures overall on the season … AWARDS AND HONORS: member of the watch list for the Comeback Player of the Year by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) ... 2024 NFL DRAFT: signed as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans organization immediately following the draft.
2022 SEASON (SUPER SENIOR)
Forced to miss the entire 2022 campaign following a preseason injury … considered a good off-the-field role model for a young offensive line … will return for the 2023 season for his final year of eligibility thanks to a medical redshirt season … named to the Outland Trophy preseason watch list.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Transferred from Western Kentucky to play his final year of eligibility with the Red Raiders … spent the past five seasons with the Hilltoppers where he made 44 starts during his career … will reunite with former WKU coaches Stephen Hamby and Zach Kittley ... 2021 SEASON (SENIOR): started in all 13 games he appeared as he made 36 consecutive starts to end his career at WKU … collected first team All-CUSA honors by the conference coaches … ranked by Pro Football Focus as the best pass-blocker in the conference, grading out at 90.7 overall … grade was also fifth nationally among FBS offensive linemen … WKU’s offensive line was ranked first in the nation by PFF with a 90.7 pass block grade … credited with 980 snaps overall, grading out an 76.9 overall according to PFF, which led the offensive line … allowed only two sacks and six quarterback hurries over 683 pass attempts for a WKU offense that ranked second nationally in scoring and led the country in passing ... 2020 SEASON (JUNIOR): started all 12 games as a junior, pushing his streak to 23 consecutive starts … credited with 764 offensive snaps at the left tackle position … ranked third among C-USA tackles with a 78.2 overall blocking grade according to PFF … trailed only teammate Mason Brooks’ 83.4 graduate and the 85.8 rating from Will Ulmer of Marshall … his 84.7 pass-blocking grade led all C-USA tackles and placed him 11th in FBS … allowed only one sack and one quarterback hit all season ... 2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): played in all 13 games with 11 starts at left tackle for the Hilltoppers … accounted for 813 offensive snaps, finishing with an 81.8 overall blocking grade and 87.4 pass-blocking grade by PFF, which led all C-USA offensive tackles … his pass blocking grade ranked 13th among all tackles in the nation, while his overall blocking grade tied for 22nd … his 72.9 run-blocking grade tied for third in C-USA … was the only C-USA tackle who did not give up a sack or did not get called for a penalty … allowed only three quarterback hits, four hurries and five pressures all season ... 2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): started the first three games of the season at left tackle and played all 223 snaps at left tackle … missed remainder of the season due to an injury suffered at Louisville (9/15) … was granted a redshirt to restore his sophomore year of eligibility … allowed only one sack and was called for one penalty in those three contests ... 2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): started the final five games of his true freshman season at right tackle after not appearing in his first eight games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky. … three-year letterwinner for one of the top high school programs in the state of Kentucky … helped push the Shamrocks to two Class 6A state titles his sophomore and seniors seasons … Trinity finished a perfect 15-0 his senior season … an All-State second team honoree by the Louisville Courier-Journal his senior season … also had scholarship offers from Bowling Green and Tulane before committing to Western Kentucky.
PERSONAL
Cole Spencer ... son of Robert Spencer and Julia Spencer … has one older brother, Jackson … both parents played tennis at the University of Louisville, while his aunt was a member of the Western Kentucky women’s basketball team that made a run to the 1992 Final Four … enjoys cooking BBQ and going to the pool … interested in the medical sales profession ... received his bachelor’s degree in marketing and also completed his master’s degree in business administration with a focus in data analytics at Western Kentucky … earned a master's degree from Texas Tech, May 2023, in interdisciplinary studies ... currently seeking an essentials of business certificate.
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