Cole Netten

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Place Kicker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Ankeny, Iowa
High School:
Ankeny

Awards and Honors
First-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches, AP, ESPN (2016)
Jim Doran Outstanding Special Teams Player (2016)
Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (2016)
AFCA Good Works Team (2016)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2015)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (2014)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2013)

2016
Unanimous First Team All-Big 12 selection (Coaches, AP, ESPN) … Jim Doran Outstanding Special Teams Player … member of the AFCA Good Works Team and Wuerffel Trophy watch list … broke the school record for field goal percentage at 94.1 pct., making 16-of-17 attempts to lead the Big 12 and rank third nationally … only miss on the season was a 50-yarder vs. Texas … his 16 field goals made ranks fifth on ISU’s season list … was 7-of-7 from 20-29 yards, 7-of-7 from 30-39 yards and 2-of-2 from 40-49 yards … broke the school record for consecutive field goals made with 15 … owns three of the top four field goal made streaks in school history (15, 11, 9), ending his career making his final nine attempts, and 24 of his last 25 attempts dating back from the season prior … led team in scoring with 83 points …drilled a season-long 49-yarder vs. San Jose State … made both of his FG attempts vs. TCU … was 2-for-2 vs. Kansas, including a key 37-yarder with 2:48 left in the game to give the Cyclones a seven-point lead … named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week in the season finale vs. West Virginia after making all four FG attempts, including a 40-yarder … ended career with school records in scoring (300), field goal pct. (79.4), PATs (138), total kicks made (192) and consecutive field goals made (15) … ranks second in career field goals (54).

2015
First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection … was 14-of-19 on field goal attempts (73.7 pct.) and 35-of-36 on PATs …made his final eight field goal attempts, including four from 40+ yards … his 14 made field goals ties for eighth on ISU’s season list … led the team in scoring with 77 points … made all three field goal attempts vs. Oklahoma, all from 40+ yards, including a career-long 51-yarder … drilled both attempts vs. West Virginia, including a 49-yarder to end the half.

2014
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 … ranked 36th nationally in field goal percentage (78.6), connecting on 11-of-14 field goals, the fourth-best single-season percentage in school history … led the team in scoring with 68 points, making all 35 PATs … had his streak of 11-straight field goals made end vs. Kansas, tying for the second-longest streak of consecutive made field goals in school history … named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Iowa after drilling the game-winning 42-yard field goal in the closing seconds … also hit a season-long 47-yarder vs. Iowa … made both of his field goal tries vs. Oklahoma State … named the Lou Groza Star of the Week after scoring 13 points (3-3 FG; 4-4 PAT) vs. Toledo .

2013
Second Team Academic All-Big 12 selection … had an outstanding freshman season, drilling 13-of-18 field goals (72.2 pct.) and 33-of-34 PATs (97.0 pct.) … his 13 field goals made ties for 10th on ISU's single-season chart ... was 13-of-14 on field goals 41 yards or shorter … was 10-of-13 in field goal attempts (76.9 pct.) in Big 12 play … was 3-of-3 on field goals vs. Texas, connecting on a 41-yarder … made his final three field goals at West Virginia to help ISU in its come-from-behind win … also made all five PATs vs. West Virginia for a career-best 14 points … made both field goal attempts and all four PATs in ISU’s win over Kansas … made field goals from 40 yards vs. Tulsa and West Virginia.

2012
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Ranked as 10th-best prospect in Iowa in the class of 2012 by Rivals.com … four-year letterwinner for the Ankeny Hawks and coach Jerry Pezzetti … 2011 Class 4A first-team All-State selection by the Des Moines Register and the Iowa Newspaper Association … first-team All-CIML and All-CIML Central Conference selection at kicker … 2011 Jamie Kohl Kicking Camp second-team All-American … as a senior, converted 11-of-14 field goal attempts with a long of 47 yards … made 48-of-51 PATs … 64 of his 73 kickoffs in 2011 went for touchbacks … in 2010, earned honorable mention all-conference honors … as a junior, converted 8-of-13 field goals with a long of 40 … made 40-of-43 extra point tries … 36 touchbacks in 2010 … second-team All-Conference recipient as a sophomore … converted five-of-nine field goal tries with a long of 42 yards … hit 40-of-45 extra point attempts … hit 25 kickoffs for touchbacks … played five games at kicker for the Hawks as a freshman … made both field goal attempts with a long of 41 yards … hit all 19 extra point tries as freshman.

Personal
Born Nov. 16, 1993 … son of Jackie and Kyle Netten ... advertising major ... married in July of 2016 to the former Kate Britten.