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2012 Football Roster

82 Cole Zwiefelhofer

82 Cole Zwiefelhofer

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    215
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Chippewa Falls, Wis.
  • Highschool:
    Chippewa Falls HS

Summary

Biography

2012
Team's punter in all 11 games...USD's Beanie Cooper Special Teams Player of the Year...ranked 32nd nationally and fourth in the MVFC in punting, averaging 41 yards on 61 punts and placing 15 punts inside the 20 yard line...three punts were pinned inside the 10...52 percent of his punts were not returnable...had 10 punts of 50 yards or more including a season-long 67 yarder vs. NDSU (10/20)...threw a 24-yard pass to Tim Marlette on a successful fake punt conversion vs. Illinois State (9/29)...had a special teams' tackle at Indiana State (10/27)...averaged 48 yards on four punts vs. UNI (11/10).

2011
Earned first team all-confernece honors as a junior...finished second in the league in punting at 43.1 yards per punt...had 48 punts for 2,069 yards and a career-long 72-yard punt in the season opener at Air Force (Sept. 3) which also was the league's best punt of the season...Had three touchbacks to go along with eight fair catches...Had 11 punts inside the 20 and 13 punts of 50 yards or more...Ranked in the top 10 nationally in punting average throughout the season.

2010
Named to the PhilSteele.com second-team All-America squad...named GWC Special Teams Player of the year...punted 53 times for 2,290 yards to average 43.2 yards per punt...yards per punt ranked fourth in the nation...placed 18 kicks inside the opponents' 20-yard line...notched a career-long of 60 yards twice...set the single-game record for average yards per punt with 53.7 against Minnesota...had one punt blocked but picked it up and ran it for a first down...named the GWC Player of the Week four times during the season, the most of any player in the league.

2009
Earned starting punting duties for USD as a true freshman and appeared in all 10 games...punted 27 times for 1,119 yards and 41.4 yards per average...put seven kicks inside the opponent's 20-yard line with three touchbacks...posted five punts over 50 yards...notched a season-long 56-yard punt at Northern Iowa...named USD's Special Teams Player of the Week twice during the season.

Prep
Named to the 2008 Wisconsin Coaches Association All-State first team as a punter...also named first-team AP All-State...Named to the All-Big Rivers Conference first team as a senior...key part of Chippewa Falls team that went unbeaten in the regular season in 2008...also member of Wisconsin Football Coaches Association North All-Star team roster...also part of Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-District 1 first team...named WIAA All-State second team punter as a junior.

Personal
Son of Jeff and Kay Zwiefelhofer......Physical Education major with a minor in Coaching.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2009Freshman

    P
    6'4" 190 lbs
    14
  • 82

    2010Sophomore

    P
    6'3" 206 lbs
    82
  • 82

    2011Junior

    P
    6'3" 208 lbs
    82
  • 82

    2012Senior

    P
    6'3" 215 lbs
    82