Cole Hedlund (born March 15, 1995) is a former American football placekicker. He played college football at Arkansas and North Texas. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

Cole Hedlund
No. 9
Position:Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1995-03-15) March 15, 1995 (age 29)
Argyle, Texas
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:162 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school:Argyle (TX)
College:Arkansas (2015-2017)
North Texas (2018)
Undrafted:2019
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Conference USA (2018)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

College career edit

Hedlund played college football for both the Arkansas Razorbacks from 2015 to 2017 and for the North Texas Mean Green in 2018. As a freshman in 2015, he converted all 58 extra point attempts and 9 of 15 field goal attempts. As a sophomore in 2016, he converted all 25 extra point attempts and 5 of 7 field goal attempts. As a junior in 2017, he only appeared in two games but converted all 8 extra point attempts and 0 of 2 field goal attempts. As a senior in 2018 after transferring to North Texas, he converted 51 of 54 extra point attempts and 19 of 22 field goal attempts.[1][2]

Professional career edit

After going undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft, Hedlund signed with the Indianapolis Colts on May 5, 2019.[3][4] He was waived by the Colts on August 31, 2019.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Cole Hedlund". Arkansas Razorbacks. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. ^ "Cole Hedlund - Football". University of North Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  3. ^ bvito@dentonrc.com, Brett Vito Staff Writer. "Source: Former UNT kicker Cole Hedlund signs with Colts". Denton Record-Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  4. ^ "Colts' Cole Hedlund: Signs with Colts". www.cbssports.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  5. ^ Walker, Andrew (August 31, 2019). "Colts Announce Final 2019 Roster Cuts". Colts.com.
  6. ^ "2019 NFL roster cuts tracker: The cuts from all 32 teams as rosters are trimmed to final 53". www.cbssports.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.