#19

Cole Turner

Former tight end at Nevada. 2021: 62 catches, 677 receiving yards, 10 TD.

TE · Nevada · Jr. · #19

6′6″ · 240 lb · Clackamas, OR

CFB Index 79 · #7 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceWashington — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 6, #149 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1161 nationally · Signed with Nevada

Statement game12 rec · 175 ydsvs Hawai'i (FBS) · W 34-17

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

I mean Turner is the only guy I've seen in a while that makes wildcat worth going to, and yes he deserves 20+ touches a game, but on a drive when he already has a handful of catcher/CFB game thread · ▲ 5His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Nevada. 2021: 62 catches, 677 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2018.
Drafted round 5 by the Washington in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nevada, 1,370 receiving yards — drafted at #149 overall by Washington.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Nevada3-star out of Clackamas

202111 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westsecond

2022

Drafted by Washingtonround 5, pick 149

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1161 national

CFB

College

Nevada

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #149

Washington · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2020

Jay Norvell

Nevada

2021

Vai Taua

Nevada

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jay Norvell → Vai Taua. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

#149Rd 5 · Pick 6

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #7 of 119?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#134 / 655 · 79th pct

10.3%

EPA / target#186 / 655 · 72nd pct

0.83

Explosive rate#351 / 655 · 46th pct

12.6%

Yards / catch#441 / 655 · 33rd pct

11.1

Catch rate#451 / 655 · 31st pct

70.1%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#3 / 146 · 98th pct

Receptions#4 / 146 · 97th pct

Rec yards#10 / 146 · 93rd pct

677

Yards / catch#78 / 146 · 46th pct

10.9

Long catch#91 / 146 · 37th pct

Fumbles lost#18 / 39 · 28th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	68.8	10.8	1.2
Road5g	5.0	52.8	8.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	67.2	10.8	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	54.8	8.6	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 119 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #7 of 119 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Nevada	62	677	10.9	10	--
2020	Nevada	49	605	12.3	9	--
2019	Nevada	4	51	12.8	0	--
2018	Nevada	2	37	18.5	1	--
Career		117	1,370	11.7	20	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 41–31

at Boise State

6 rec · 67 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Boise State on the road in a shootout.

With C. Strong — 263 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.8 · -20 rush yds (5 car) · J. Diaz — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · UNLV · 3&23 · Q3 · EPA +4.92Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 23 yds for a TD, (Brandon Talton KICK)
Week 12 · Air Force · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.97Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 27 yds to the AFA 33 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boise State · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.66Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 23 yds to the BoiSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Fresno State · 2&25 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 30 yds to the FrsSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Hawai'i · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 14 yds to the Hawa 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boise State · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.23Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 19 yds to the BoiSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Fresno State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 12 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 12 · Air Force · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 13 yds for a TD, (Brandon Talton KICK)
Week 7 · Hawai'i · 1&20 · Q4 · EPA +2.98Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 24 yds to the Nevad 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Hawai'i · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Carson Strong pass complete to Cole Turner for 28 yds to the Nevad 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 22-17@ California	7	75	10.7	0	17
Wk 2	W 49-10vs Idaho State	5	48	9.6	1	17
Wk 3	L 17-38@ Kansas State	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 41-31@ Boise State	6	67	11.2	1	23
Wk 6	W 55-28vs New Mexico State	2	26	13.0	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 34-17vs Hawai'i	12	175	14.6	0	28	Season-high 175 yds
Wk 8	L 32-34@ Fresno State	8	105	13.1	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 51-20vs UNLV	7	63	9.0	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 27-24vs San José State	6	47	7.8	0	12
Wk 12	L 39-41vs Air Force	5	54	10.8	2	27	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 52-10@ Colorado State	2	5	2.5	0	5
Total		62	677	9.8	10	30