Timothy Cole: LB · Texas · #30.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Timothy Cole
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 Oct 31
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Texas | 26 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 26 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 41-7vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 43-50@ California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-49@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-6vs Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-34vs No. 8 Baylor | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-37@ Texas Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 20-24vs No. 11 West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24@ Kansas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-31vs TCU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
4%1 pass breakups26 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charlie Strong
Pass share
40.5%
400 pass / 587 run
Plays / game
82.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Texas, 26 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
