Brandon Cottom
American football player (born 1992)
American football player
 Cottom during the 2012 season | |
| No. 42 | |
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| Position: | Fullback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1992-12-21) December 21, 1992 (age 31) Newtown, Pennsylvania |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 262 lb (119 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Newtown (PA) Council Rock North |
| College: | Purdue |
| Undrafted: | 2015 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Brandon Tyler Cottom (born December 21, 1992) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Purdue University.[1]
College career
Cottom committed to the Purdue on February 2, 2011.[2] Cottom played all four years with the Boilermakers, playing in 38 games over that span. Cottom scored 6 touchdowns, 436 rushing yards with an average of 5.7 yards per carry.[3]
Statistics
NCAA Collegiate Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Purdue Boilermakers | ||||||||||||||
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | Kickoff returns | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yards | Avg | Yds/G | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Long | ||
| 2011 | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 23 | 209 | 9.1 | 16.1 | 2 | 7 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | |
| 2013 | 45 | 154 | 3.4 | 17.1 | 1 | 7 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| NCAA career totals | 77 | 436 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 3 | 16 | 188 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Source:[3] | ||||||||||||||
Professional career
Seattle Seahawks
On May 2, 2015, Cottom was signed by the Seahawks. On August 31, 2015, he was waived. On September 1, 2015, Cottom was placed on injured reserve. On September 3, 2015, he was waived by the Seahawks. On November 16, 2015, Cottom was re-signed to the practice squad.[4]
On August 20, 2016, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks with an injury designation.[5]
On May 5, 2017, Cottom re-signed with the Seahawks.[6] On May 15, 2017, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks.[7]
Outside the NFL
On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football.[8]
On March 29, 2019, Cottom was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.
Survivor
Cottom was cast to compete on the 44th season of the American reality TV series Survivor.[9] He started the game on the Ratu tribe and was ultimately the 7th person voted out and the ninth person eliminated, placing 10th overall.
References
- ^ "Brandon Cottom". PURDUESPORTS.COM. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ "Brandon Cottom". 247.COM. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ^ a b "Brandon Cottom". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ "Brandon Cottom, Purdue". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ^ "Seahawks Waive 5 Players With Injury Designations, All Revert To IR". August 20, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Boyle, John (May 5, 2017). "Seahawks Sign FB Brandon Cottom, Waive RB Kelvin Taylor". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ^ Boyle, John (May 15, 2017). "Seahawks Sign WR Speedy Noil and FB Kyle Coleman". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Kish, Justin (October 4, 2018). "Salt Lake Stallions Sign Ex-Vikings RB Matt Asiata". 365SportsNetwork.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ Powell, John (December 14, 2022). "And The Winner Is…". Global Television Network. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
External links
- Brandon Cottom at IMDb
- Seattle Seahawks bio
- Purdue Boilermakers bio
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