Cole Rusk
Arizona Wildcats
89
Great

Cole Rusk

Arizona WildcatsSolid
RESDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Illinois
Projected Starter

Is Cole Rusk starting?

Cole Rusk is the projected starter at RES for Arizona Wildcats.

Redshirt senior · #14 · 6'5", 245 lbs

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Depth at RES · Arizona Wildcats

  1. 11489Cole RuskStarter
  2. 21284Tré Spivey
  3. 3279Daylen Austin
  4. 4573Max Harris

Arizona Starting Lineup

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Up next for Arizona

Arizona plays TCU at home on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 10:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 19 catches, 217 yards, 1 TD. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Team Share7%
Rock Island, IL
Jersey
#14
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
245 lbs
Transfer
Illinois

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—192171

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 61th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 61% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 20WNIUYDS 25
REC
3
YDS
25
AVG
8.3
TD
0

Final W 42-17

Sep 12LBYUYDS 48
REC
2
YDS
48
AVG
24.0
TD
0

Final L 28-17

Sep 6WNAUYDS 13
REC
1
YDS
13
AVG
13.0
TD
0

Final W 35-7

Cole Rusk's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

19 rec · 217 yds · 1 TD
Usage / Involvement64%
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