Brandon Tyler Cottom (born December 21, 1992) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Purdue University.[1]
![]() Cottom during the 2012 season. | |
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Position: | Fullback |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1992-12-21) December 21, 1992 (age 29) 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 | |
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]
NCAA Collegiate Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Purdue Boilermakers | ||||||||||||||
Season | Rushing | Receiving | Kickoff Returns | |||||||||||
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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 | |
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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]
On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Alliance Salt Lake City of the Alliance of American Football.[8]
On March 29, 2019, Cottom was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.
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