#18

Cole Hikutini

Tight end for Louisville. 2016: 50 catches, 668 receiving yards, 8 TD.

TE · Louisville · #18

6′5″ · Sacramento, CA

Louisville 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 159 nationally · Joined Louisville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 tight end for Louisville. 2016: 50 catches, 668 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Louisville, 1,016 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

201510 games

Signed with Louisville3-star out of City College of San Francisco

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#159 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bobby Petrino, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.

2015Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Run-leaning

2016Louisville9-4HC: Bobby Petrino · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rec tds (96th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (25th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#4 / 96 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#2 / 96 · 96th pct

Rec yards#8 / 96 · 92nd pct

668

Long catch#12 / 96 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#32 / 96 · 67th pct

13.4

Fumbles lost#13 / 22 · 25th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.3	45.9	12.5	0.6
Road6g	4.5	57.8	12.5	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	41.0	12.6	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	63.5	12.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Louisville	50	668	13.4	8	--
2015	Louisville	19	348	18.3	3	--
Career		69	1,016	14.7	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 63–20

vs Florida State

2 rec · 26 yds

Dominant 43-point win at home against Florida State.

With L. Jackson — 216 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.5 · 146 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · J. Alexander — 1 PD · 2 SOLO · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week