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As a Senior (2025)
• Named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society
• Appeared in all 13 games with 10 starts
• Finished with 15 receptions for 233 yards, both career high totals
• Also matched a career high with two touchdown catches
• Posted career-best five receptions for 56 yards and a score in victory over No. 10/10 LSU
• Caught game-winning touchdown in overtime defeat of Auburn on Homecoming weekend
• Had three receptions for 48 yards in Senior Day win over Kentucky
• Recorded two catches for 45 yards, including a career-long 33-yard effort, at No. 10/11 Alabama
• Finished with two receptions for 31 yards against Iowa in the ReliaQuest Bowl

As a Junior (2024)
• CSC Academic All-District
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Played in 12 games, starting 11
• Made 10 catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns
• Touchdown catch among three receptions in Birmingham Bowl win over Georgia Tech
• Made a pair of catches in victory at Kentucky
• Caught first-career touchdown pass, from fellow tight end Eli Stowers, in win over Alcorn State

As a Sophomore (2023)
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Did not see game action due to injury

As a Freshman (2022)
• Named to SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• Played in four games, exclusively on special teams
• Made collegiate debut against South Carolina
• Had a four-yard kickoff return versus Tennessee

High School
• Played at Mount Pisgah Christian School in Atlanta for coach Ryan Livezey
• Three-star prospect, ranked among the top-35 tight ends nationally by Rivals and ESPN
• First-team all-state selection led Mount Pisgah in receiving as a senior, making 55 catches for 957 yards and five touchdowns in 2021
• Led Georgia tight ends in total yards in 2021 and ranked fifth nationally in yards per game among tight ends
• Named All-American by Sports Illustrated in 2021, as well as to the Georgia Power 100, the top 100 high school players in the state
• Made 42 receptions totaling 466 yards and two touchdowns as a junior in 2020
• Made rank of Eagle Scout
• Also wrestled and played lacrosse
• State runner-up as a heavyweight wrestler in 2021 and placed third in the 215-pound weight class in 2020
• Helped team to two GHSA State Wrestling Championships

The Spence File
• Full Name: Cole Spence
• Hometown: Roswell, Ga.
• Birthday: September 9, 2003
• High School: Mount Pisgah Christian School
• Parents: Randy and Rusti Spence
• Siblings: Ryan, Conner, and Brad Spence

VUFB Fall Camp Scrimmage 1 - Cole Spence