Brandon Cottom

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Brandon Cottom
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Position: Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1992-12-21) December 21, 1992 (age 31)
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
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
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Brandon Tyler Cottom (born December 21, 1992) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Purdue University. [1]

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College career

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]

Statistics

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Purdue Boilermakers
SeasonRushingReceivingKickoff returns
AttYardsAvgYds/GTDRecYardsTDAttYardsAvgTDLong
20118708.86.40000133.003
2012232099.116.12779200--0--
2013451543.417.11799000--0--
2014133.00.60210144310.8015
NCAA career totals774365.711.531618835469.2015
Source: [3]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 2+18 in
(1.88 m)
262 lb
(119 kg)
32+34 in
(0.83 m)
10+14 in
(0.26 m)
4.62 s1.63 s2.65 s4.33 s7.06 s33.5 in
(0.85 m)
9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)
22 reps
All values from Pro Day [4]

Seattle Seahawks

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. [5]

On August 20, 2016, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks with an injury designation. [6]

On May 5, 2017, Cottom re-signed with the Seahawks. [7] On May 15, 2017, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks. [8]

Outside the NFL

On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football. [9]

On March 29, 2019, Cottom was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.

Survivor

Cottom was cast to compete on the 44th season of the American reality TV series Survivor . [10] He started the game on the Ratu tribe and was ultimately the 7th person voted out and the ninth person eliminated, placing 10th overall.

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