Avarion Cole is a defensive back at Western Kentucky who has not played in Western Kentucky's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Western Kentucky lists 28 defensive backs this season.
Western Kentucky is 3-5. Next: at Middle Tennessee, Sat Nov 7.
Cole erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. On tape: 3 tackles against LSU, Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 20 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | App State | 24 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 44 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-24vs Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 55-6vs North Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-45@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-16vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-25vs Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-16vs New Mexico State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 10-13@ LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 34-37@ Jacksonville State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-16vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
20tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL20 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
54.9%
492 pass / 404 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #34 of 43 Conference USA DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Shawn Clark and Tyson Helton.
