Cole Batson
Cole Batson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons at Boston College, two different head coaches: Jeff Hafley and Bill O'Brien. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Washington — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Boston College, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 37 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 27 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 65 | 44 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to C.J. Baskerville’s 2021 season.
Matches C.J. on
Differs from C.J. on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kaleb Oliver's sophomore season at Western Kentucky (2021).
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