#43

Cole Kozlowski

Senior linebacker for UCF. 2025: 81 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · UCF · Sr. · #43

6′2″ · 230 lb · Spring Lake, NJ · Manasquan

CFB Index 65 · #161 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to UCF for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs Georgia StateFBC Mortgage StadiumUCF by 18.5

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

7.5 TFL · 2 sacks · 3 PBU

Best game: 8 tackles, 1.5 TFL, at Texas Tech

Statement game13 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 2 sacksat Akron (FBS) · L 20-31

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for UCF. 2025: 81 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed with Colgate in 2022.
Transferred from Colgate to UCF in 2025.

His career, year by year

Cole Kozlowski

LB · UCF · Sr · #43

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Colgate to UCF — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Baylor — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #161 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#82 / 2975 · 97th pct

Tackles#135 / 2975 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.1	0.6	0.3	0.3
Road5g	7.6	0.7	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.8	0.8	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #161 of 583 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #161 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #22 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UCF	81	49	7.5	2.0	3	--	--
Career		81	49	7.5	2.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 68–7

vs North Carolina A&T

1 PD · 1 TFL · 6 SOLO

Dominant 61-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With J. Nixon — 156 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD · J. Brown — 15 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 106 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10vs Jacksonville State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 68-7vs North Carolina A&T	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 34-9vs North Carolina	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-34@ Kansas State	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 20-27vs Kansas	4	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 11-20@ Cincinnati	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 45-13vs West Virginia	11	8	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 10	L 3-30@ Baylor	11	5	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 27-30vs Houston	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 9-48@ Texas Tech	8	3	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 17-14vs Oklahoma State	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 21-41@ BYU	10	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		81	49	7.5	2.0	—	3

The linebacker corps · UCF

#20Lewis CarterLB · Sr.95 tackles · 2025
#43Cole KozlowskiLB · Sr.81 tackles · 2025
#34Jahleel CulbreathLB · Sr.71 tackles · 2025
#19Rashad HenryLB · Jr.51 tackles · 2025
#24Tackett CurtisLB · Sr.25 tackles · 2025

7 more on the roster · UCF team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Cole Kozlowski

2022

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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