Cole Rusk

TE · #14 · Arizona · SR · 6'5" · 250 · Rock Island, IL

Transferred from ILL · Projected TE starter

217 2025 receiving yards
19 of 25 2025 catches
1 2025 TDs
2 Explosive plays
13 Career games (0 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Illinois13019-25 217 11.4 1

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 16.7 73
Yards per catch 11.4 70
Catch rate 76.0% 76
Receiving TDs 1 39

Around Cole

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Noah Fifita QB · 3,228 pass yds · 13g
RB Kedrick Reescano RB · 396 rush yds · 10g
WR-X Tre Spivey WR · 381 rec yds · 13g
WR-Z Chris Hunter WR · 372 rec yds · 13g
WR-SL Giovanni Richardson WR · 299 rec yds · 12g

The situation

Arizona 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 11.9% 65
Red zone TD rate 65.3% 26
Line yards per carry 2.3 36
Sack rate allowed 6.5% 36

2025 Game log

with Illinois
WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1Western Illinois Leathernecks 1 1
W2 @ DUKE 1 1 8 1 1
W3 WMU 1 1 -1
W4 @ IND 2 2 21
W5 USC 1 1 17
W7 OSU 6 5 68 1
W9 @ WASH 5 4 56
W10 RUTG 1
W12 MD 2 2 15
W13 @ WIS 5 3 33 1

Recruiting

2021 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2021 board
#2127 Brian Pinkney S · McKinley ODU
#2129 Evan Branch-Haynes DL · Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep ARIZ
#2129 Cole Rusk TE · Rock Island EMU
#2129 Brendan Hall K · Springtown SMU
#2129 Zion Burns S · Poston Butte NEV
TEs in the class
#108 Zach Horton Northside JMU
#109 Fernando Carmona Las Vegas SJSU
#110 Cole Rusk Rock Island EMU
#111 Rocco Underwood Lake Mary FLA
#112 Austin Smith Tidehaven COLO
2025 · 73th pctile of TEs
Recruit · 20th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.