# Cole Payton

QB · last at North Dakota State

52 career games (13 starts)

## Career statistics

### Passing

| Season | Team | GP | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yards | TD | INT | Rating |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | NDSU | 13 | 161 | 224 | 71.9% | 2,719 | 16 | 4 | 193.8 |
| 2024 | NDSU | 8 | 10 | 16 | 62.5% | 123 | 2 | 1 | 155.8 |
| 2023 | NDSU | 15 | 18 | 27 | 66.7% | 289 | 3 | 0 | 193.2 |
| 2022 | NDSU | 13 | 8 | 12 | 66.7% | 51 | 0 | 1 | 85.7 |
| 2021 | NDSU | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 |

### Rushing

| Season | Team | GP | Carries | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | NDSU | 13 | 136 | 777 | 5.7 | 13 |
| 2024 | NDSU | 8 | 21 | 165 | 7.9 | 1 |
| 2023 | NDSU | 15 | 84 | 615 | 7.3 | 13 |
| 2022 | NDSU | 13 | 38 | 284 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2021 | NDSU | 3 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 2 |

### Receiving

| Season | Team | GP | Targets | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | NDSU | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 |

## 2025 game log

| Week | Opponent | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | INT | Carries | Rush yds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15 | vs ? | 4 | 12 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -14 |

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/9f49b4d7-c0ad-412b-9741-ee5e90ea8af8
Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.