Brandon Cottom

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Brandon Cottom
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Cottom during the 2012 season
No. 42
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
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

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

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. [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]

Outside the NFL

On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football. [8]

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 . [9] 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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References

  1. ↑ "Brandon Cottom". PURDUESPORTS.COM. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Brandon Cottom". 247.COM. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Brandon Cottom". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Brandon Cottom, Purdue". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Seahawks Waive 5 Players With Injury Designations, All Revert To IR". August 20, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ Boyle, John (May 5, 2017). "Seahawks Sign FB Brandon Cottom, Waive RB Kelvin Taylor". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ Boyle, John (May 15, 2017). "Seahawks Sign WR Speedy Noil and FB Kyle Coleman". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  8. ↑ Kish, Justin (October 4, 2018). "Salt Lake Stallions Sign Ex-Vikings RB Matt Asiata". 365SportsNetwork.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Powell, John (December 14, 2022). "And The Winner Is…". Global Television Network . Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
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