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Cole Hedlund

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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)

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.

College career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Cole Hedlund". Arkansas Razorbacks. May 8, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Cole Hedlund - Football". University of North Texas Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ^ bvito@dentonrc.com, Brett Vito Staff Writer. "Source: Former UNT kicker Cole Hedlund signs with Colts". Denton Record-Chronicle. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Colts' Cole Hedlund: Signs with Colts". www.cbssports.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  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 March 29, 2024.