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2021 Football Roster

Randy Bergeron
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Randy Bergeron / Southeastern Louisiana University
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15 Cole Kelley

15 Cole Kelley

  • Position:
    Quarterback
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-7 / 260
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    General Studies
  • Hometown:
    Lafayette, La.
  • Prev School:
    Arkansas
  • High School:
    Teurlings Catholic HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
- 2021 Athlon Sports FCS Preseason All-America (First Team)
- 2020-21 Stats Perform FCS Walter Payton Award Winner
- 2020-21 Stats Perform FCS All-America (First Team)
- 2020-21 Associated Press FCS All-America (Second Team)
- 2020-21 Athlon Sports FCS All-America (First Team)
- 2020-21 Hero Sports FCS All-America (First Team)
- 2020-21 Phil Steele FCS All-America (Third Team)
- 2020-21 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Year
- 2020-21 All-Southland Conference (Second Team)
- 2020-21 Louisiana Offensive Player of the Year
- 2020-21 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2020-21 Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (April 20)
- 2020-21 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (April 19)
- 2020-21 Louisiana Offensive Player of the Week (March 16)
- 2019 STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11)
- 2019 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11)

2020-21: Won the Stats Perform FCS Walter Payton Award as the nation’s top offensive player … Earned All-America honors from Stats Perform, the Associated Press, Athlon Sports, Hero Sports and Phil Steele … Named Southland Conference and Louisiana Offensive Player of the Year … First team All-Louisiana … Second team All-Southland … Completed 210 of 305 passes for 2,662 yards, 18 touchdowns and four interceptions … Rushed for team-high seven touchdowns … Also caught a pair of scores … Ranked among the NCAA FCS leaders in completion percentage (68.9, 4th), completions per game (30.0, 4th), passing efficiency (159.0, 7th), passing touchdowns (5th), passing yards (2nd), passing yards per game (2nd), points responsible for (2nd), points responsible for per game (3rd) and rushing touchdowns (13th) … Passed for 300 yards or more in all seven games … Opened the season with a 36-for-53 performance for 462 yards and four touchdowns at eventual national champion Sam Houston … Named Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player and Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 418 yards and two scores on 34-for-42 passing and rushing for three touchdowns at Southern Illinois … Threw for 431 yards and three touchdowns at UIW … Passed for 391 yards and four scores, while also catching a touchdown in a 52-45 win at Nicholls … Recorded a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown in a 27-24 win over Northwestern State on the way to being named Louisiana Offensive Player of the Week … Passed for 321 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for two scores in 42-12 victory over Lamar … Threw for 301 yards and a score in 25-20 win over McNeese.

2019: Played in all 13 games as the backup quarterback … Completed 69 of 93 passes for 816 yards, 10 touchdowns and two interceptions … Rushed for a team-high 10 touchdowns … Carried 89 times for 200 yards … 74.2 completion percentage and 179.1 pass efficiency were the highest single-season totals in program history … Rushing touchdown single-season total was tied for sixth-highest in school history … Named STATS FCS National and Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week after tying a single-game school record with four rushing touchdowns in 34-0 win at No. 6 Central Arkansas … Also completed 20-of-24 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown in the victory at UCA … Rushed for two touchdowns in 45-44 victory over No. 8 Villanova in the first round of the FCS playoffs … Also rushed for a pair of scores in a 47-30 win over Stephen F. Austin … Threw two touchdown passes versus Jacksonville State and McNeese.

Prior to Southeastern: Played in 18 games, making six starts at quarterback in two seasons with the Razorbacks … Threw for 1,483 yards and 13 touchdowns in Fayetteville, while also rushing for five touchdowns … The first freshman to start at quarterback for Arkansas since 2012 …  Started versus eventual national champion Alabama, No. 21 Auburn, Ole Miss and Coastal Carolina … Threw three touchdowns at Ole Miss, leading Razorbacks to a 38-37 victory and overcoming a 24-point deficit – the largest comeback in school history … Scored the game-winning touchdown in 39-38 win at Coastal Carolina for second fourth-quarter comeback in as many weeks … As a sophomore, threw two touchdowns versus Colorado State … Also rushed for scores versus Alabama, Texas A&M and North Texas.

High School: Rated a four-star recruit by ESPN out of Teurlings Catholic High School … Ranked No. 2 quarterback in the state of Louisiana by Scout … Multi-time All-State, All-District 5-4A and All-Acadiana performer threw for 6,183 yards and 55 touchdowns, while also rushing for 11 scores over his final two seasons at TCHS … Also averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Rebel basketball team as a junior.
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Historical Player Information

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    2019Junior

    Quarterback
    6'7" 260 lbs
    15
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    2020Senior

    Quarterback
    6'7" 260 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020-21Senior

    Quarterback
    6'7" 260 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Senior

    Quarterback
    6'7" 260 lbs
    15