Cole Gest

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Weight:
194
Height:
5-8
Position:
RB
Year:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Lyndhurst, Ohio
High School:
St. Edward

2018 (Sophomore): Suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the season-opening win at Florida International (9/1) ... rushed five times for 17 yards and caught one pass for 10 yards ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2017 (Freshman): Finished second on the team with 428 yards on 93 attempts (4.6 average) with one touchdown in 10 games with one start (at Maryland) ... his 428 yards were the fourth-highest freshman total in the Big Ten ... made 10 catches for 83 yards and one TD ... reached the century mark for the first time with 104 yards on a career-high 23 carries (4.5) with one score in the Rutgers win (11/18) ... ran for 82 yards on 17 attempts (4.8) the previous weekend in the victory at Illinois (11/11) ... added a career-best three receptions for 27 yards to push his career-high all-purpose yardage total to 109 ... recorded 40-plus yards over three straight weeks vs. Georgia Southern (45, 9/23), at No. 4 Penn State (48, 9/30) and vs. Charleston Southern (47, 10/7) ... pulled in a 23-yard touchdown and finished with a career-high 28 yards on two catches at Maryland (10/28) ... IU offensive player of the game (Illinois) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2016: Rushed for 47 yards on 10 attempts in the first three games before he suffered a season-ending injury and received a medical redshirt ... returned five kickoffs for 110 yards.

Prep/Personal: Running back for head coach Tom Lombardo at St. Edward High School ... led St. Edward to Division I state championships in 2014 and 2015 and a 27-3 record ... finished his career as the school’s all-time leading rusher with nearly 4,000 yards ... carded 50 career rushing touchdowns and scored at least one TD in 24 consecutive games ... first-team All-Ohio and first-team all-district in 2015 ... rushed for 2,097 yards with 25 scores as a senior ... added 20 receptions, 342 yards and three touchdowns ... collected 1,854 rushing yards and 25 TDs as a junior ... named first-team all-district and special mention All-Ohio ... rated the No. 65 prospect in Ohio by Rivals ... enjoys playing the guitar and piano ... parents are Kelly and Christian Gest ... liberal studies major ... born on Jan. 15, 1998.