#13

Cole McDonald

Former quarterback at Hawai'i. 2019: 4,138 passing yards, 33 TD, 14 INT.

QB · Hawai'i · Jr. · #13

6′4″ · 220 lb · La Mirada, CA

Tennessee — drafted 2020, Rd 7, Pick 10, #224 overall

The story

Former quarterback at Hawai'i. 2019: 4,138 passing yards, 33 TD, 14 INT.

Drafted round 7 by the Tennessee in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Hawai'i, 8,035 passing yards — drafted at #224 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Tennesseeround 7, pick 224

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Hawai'i

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #224

Tennessee · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Nick Rolovich

Hawai'i

Played his entire career under Nick Rolovich.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 7th NFL season

#224Rd 7 · Pick 10

TennesseeEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Nick Rolovich — 21-20 over that span.

2017Hawai'i3-9HC: Nick Rolovich · Balanced

2018Hawai'i8-6HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

2019Hawai'i10-5HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (99th percentile). Strength: pass tds (95th percentile). Concern: interceptions (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#3 / 177 · 99th pct

4138

Pass TDs#8 / 177 · 95th pct

Rush TDs#18 / 177 · 88th pct

Rush yards#37 / 177 · 79th pct

377

Yards / att#44 / 177 · 73rd pct

8.1

Completion %#48 / 177 · 73rd pct

63.8%

Fumbles lost#142 / 166 · 11th pct

Interceptions#171 / 177 · 3rd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	310	2.9	8.2	1.3
Road7g	281	1.9	8.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	339	3.4	8.6	1.3
Weeks 8+7g	252	1.3	7.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

63.7%

142 pass / 81 run

Plays / game

74.3

3 games

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Hawai'i	326	511	63.8%	4,138	8.1	33	14	147.7	--	--	--
2018	Hawai'i	285	484	58.9%	3,875	8.0	36	10	146.5	--	--	--
2017	Hawai'i	5	9	55.6%	22	2.4	1	0	112.8	--	--	--
Career		616	1,004	61.4%	8,035	8.0	70	24	146.8	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	Hawai'i	103	377	3.7	7	--
2018	Hawai'i	134	346	2.6	4	--
2017	Hawai'i	16	138	8.6	1	--
Career		253	861	3.4	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 35–16

vs Central Arkansas

300 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.7 · 31 rush yds (4 car)

With J. Smart — 8 rec · 121 yds · 1 TD · L. Victor — 3 rec · 33 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week