#33

Cole Cavallo

TE · Southern Miss · Sr. · #33

Southern Miss 2023 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Cole Cavallo

TE · Southern Miss · Sr · #33

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Southern Miss
2020–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches
2020
Scotty Walden
Southern Miss
2021
Southern Miss
era →
2022
Southern Miss
2023
Southern Miss

Coaching transition mid-career: Scotty Walden → Will Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Southern Miss3-7HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning
2021Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023Southern Miss99610.70--
2022Southern Miss201748.71--
2021Southern Miss5193.80--
2020Southern Miss1011711.70--
Career444069.21--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 34–31

at Louisiana

1 rec · 4 yds

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Move TE

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

TE

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Princeton Fant’s 2021 season.

Tennessee · 2021

#2

Cole Cavallo

Southern Miss · 2020

70%
#3

Keon Zipperer

Florida · 2021

68%
#4

Cooper Mathers

Washington State · 2023

60%
#5

Alec Holler

UCF · 2022

59%

Matches Princeton on

Height
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception

Differs from Princeton on

TD rate (lower)
Reception volume (lower)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hayden Hatten’s path through Idaho.

Hayden Hatten

82%match

Idaho · 2023

#2

Cade Conley

Western Michigan · 2025

73%
#3

Christian Ross

Memphis · 2025

70%
#4

Jayvontay Conner

East Carolina · 2025

69%
#5

Chigoziem Okonkwo

Maryland · 2021

NFL Rd 4
68%

Matches Hayden on

Yards per reception
2020202120222023

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Terrell McDonald's senior season at UAB (2024).

UAB · 2024

#2

Corey Dyches

California · 2024

All-Big Ten
70%
#3

Kenny Fletcher

Rutgers · 2025

69%
#4

Xavier Johnson

Ohio State · 2023

68%
#5

Josiah Miamen

Florida International · 2024

67%

Matches Terrell on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
EPA / play (adj)

Player DNA

Players who play like Cole Cavallo

#1

Christian Ross

Memphis · 2025

70%
#2

Ahmon Green

Georgia State · 2022

68%
#3

Devin Miller

Marshall · 2021

68%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2020–2023
1172020
19.02021
1742022
96.02023

-18%

Down 18% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).