Myles Cole: LB · Texas Tech · #6.
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Myles Cole
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against West Virginia — Week 4, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 31 | 20 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | UL Monroe | 28 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2020 | UL Monroe | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 83 | 40 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 33-35@ Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-38vs No. 13 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-3vs Tarleton State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 49-28vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 39-14@ Baylor | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-27@ BYU | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs TCU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13@ No. 19 Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-23vs UCF | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-57@ No. 7 Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 20 | 5.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2023
W 41-3
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 38-point win at home against Tarleton State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
18%6 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups31 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
50.3%
471 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #297 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at UL Monroe and Texas Tech, 83 tackles — drafted at #236 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Viator, Terry Bowden and Joey McGuire.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 3rd NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 3rd NFL season
