Player facts
- Team
Las Vegas Raiders- Position
- Punter
- Number
- 6
- Born
- Nov 27, 1995 (age 30)
- Birthplace
- College Park, GA, USA
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 220 lbs
- College
- NC State
- Experience
- 8 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Punting
| PUNTS | AVG | LNG | YDS | TB | TB% | IN20 | IN20% | ATT | YDS | AVG | NET | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 19 | 49.9 | 72 | 948 | 2 | 10.53 | 7 | 36.84 | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 43.4 |
| Last 5 Games | 19 | 50.8 | 72 | 948 | 2 | 11.67 | 7 | 33.20 | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 45.5 |
| Career | 464 | 48.5 | 83 | 22,520 | 36 | 7.76 | 199 | 42.89 | 193 | 2,127 | 11.0 | 43.5 |
Recent games
| Date | Opponent | Result | PUNTS | AVG | LNG | YDS | TB | TB% | IN20 | IN20% | ATT | YDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
@  NE | L 45-17 | 4 | 48.0 | 59 | 192 | 1 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 29 | 40.8 | |
vs  KC | L 30-27 | 3 | 47.3 | 50 | 142 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 33.00 | 2 | 27 | 38.3 | |
@  NO | W 35-27 | 3 | 49.0 | 62 | 147 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 33.00 | 1 | 11 | 45.3 | |
@  LAC | W 26-14 | 6 | 46.2 | 56 | 277 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 67.00 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | |
vs  MIA | W 27-13 | 3 | 63.3 | 72 | 190 | 1 | 33.33 | 1 | 33.00 | 1 | 17 | 57.7 |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Alfred James Cole III (born November 27, 1995) is an American professional football punter for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack.
Cole has the most yards per punt (48.54) in NFL history.
From Wikipedia’s article on AJ Cole (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Cole grew up in College Park, Georgia and attended Woodward Academy, where he played football, basketball, and soccer. As a senior, Cole was named All-Metro Area by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
College career
Cole was a four year starter at punter for the NC State Wolfpack. He finished his collegiate career with 9,288 punting yards (third-highest in school history) and averaged 42.2 yards per punt. He was a finalist for the Wuerffel Trophy as a junior and a semifinalist for the award as a senior. In 2017, Cole was awarded Honorable Mention All-American honors by GPR Analytics.
From Wikipedia’s article on AJ Cole (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Raiders’ next games
Recent results
Sources
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- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of AJ Cole