Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (4.8%).
Rice · W 28-21
No carries.
Buffalo · W 20-17
No carries.
Kent State · W 38-7
No carries.
Central Michigan · W 21-14
No carries.
Bowling Green · W 23-10
7 carries, 110 yards, 1 TD
The other 4 games average 5 yards. This one was 105 above.
Cabana has carries in 5 of Western Michigan’s 9 games: none in the other 4.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Cole Cabana
Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Jim Harbaugh and Lance Taylor. On tape: 110 rushing yards and 6 receiving yards against Bowling Green, Week 9, 2026.
130 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 19 carries
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (4.8%).
Against Bowling Green on Oct. 31: 7 carries for 110 yards. In the 6 games drawn here: 19 carries for 130 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Michigan | 19 | 130 | 6.8 | 2 | 82 |
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | Michigan | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Career | 29 | 154 | 5.3 | 2 | 82 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Michigan | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 30 |
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 30 |
Last game (Wk 9): 110 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-13@ No. 16 Michigan | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs Monmouth | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-32vs Boise State | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-7vs Kent State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 38-45@ Toledo | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-10vs Bowling Green | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 1 | 82 | Season-high 110 yds |
| Total | 19 | 130 | 6.8 | 2 | 82 |
Week 9 · 2026
W 23-10
110 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
With R. Millmore — 51.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · B. Lowry — 146 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 22.8
The plays that mattered most
Ratings of the games shown run from -21 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 30.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 55.5 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.7%
202 pass / 397 run
Plays / game
66.6
9 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
231 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
2026 is in progress.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore and Lance Taylor.