Cole Holcomb: LB · North Carolina · #36.
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Cole Holcomb
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the North Carolina linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 22 tackles against Georgia Tech — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
104 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | North Carolina | 104 | 59 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 93 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 115 | 62 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 5 |
| Career | 312 | 162 | 15.5 | 2.5 | 12 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ California | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-41@ East Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-35vs Pittsburgh | 12 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-47@ No. 16 Miami | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-22vs Virginia Tech | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 37-40@ Syracuse | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-31@ Virginia | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-38vs Georgia Tech | 22 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 22 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 35-42@ Duke | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-26vs Western Carolina | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-34vs NC State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 104 | 59 | 8.0 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 38-35
vs Pittsburgh
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 12 tackles
Edged out Pittsburgh at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
104tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
4%4 pass breakups104 tackles · 8 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 13-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 11.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 8.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 11.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Larry Fedora
Pass share
51.1%
414 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
73.6
11 games
Team sack rate
2.3%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
104 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Carolina, 312 tackles — drafted at #173 overall by the Washington Redskins.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Larry Fedora.
Next stop · NFL
Washington RedskinsEntering 8th NFL season
Washington RedskinsEntering 8th NFL season
