Sam Cote

P/KSeasons 2011–2014 (4)Games 426'0" · 200 lbsHometown Wheaton, Ill.High school Wheaton Academy

First Team All-CCIW · 2013Player of the Week · 2013Player of the Week · 2014

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Tackles

0.0 sacks · 0.0 TFL · 0 INT

Points

225

0 TD

Field goals

29/48

60.4% · long 53

Punting

36.5

124 punts · long 56

In the Official Record Book

As published by Wheaton College Athletics — every era since 1914 · the full book

Career Records

Career totals as published, including seasons this archive has no report forOfficial

Record	Mark	Line	All-time	Seasons
Field Goals Attempted	48 FGA	29 FG	2nd	2011-14
Field Goals	29 FGs		4th	2011-14
Kickoff Average Min 50 KO, Since 1975	56.6 KO Avg	4,871 KO Yds · 86 KOs	5th	2011-14
PATs	138 PATs		5th	2011-14
Punt Yards	4,520 Punt Yds	124 Punts	5th	2011-14
Punts	124 Punts		5th	2011-14
Field Goal Percentage Min 10 Attempts	60.4% FG%	29 FG · 48 FGA	9th	2011-14
Scoring	225 Pts	0 TD · 138 PAT · 29 FG · 0 XP-2	9th	2011-14
Yards per Punt Min 25 Punts	36.5 Yds/Punt	4,520 Yds · 124 Punts	9th	2011-14

Single-Season Records

One season, as publishedOfficial

Record	Mark	Line	All-time	Season
Yards per Punt Min 10 Punts	42.1 Yds/Punt	841 Yds · 20 Punts	3rd	2012
Field Goals Attempted	19 FGA	9 FG	4th	2014
Field Goals	12 FGs		5th	2013
Field Goals Attempted	16 FGA	12 FG	7th	2013
Scoring	83 Pts	0 TD · 47 PAT · 12 FG · 0 XP-2	23rd	2013

Single-Game Records

Official

Record	Mark	Game
Longest Field Goal	53	vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 10/26/2013

All-Time Rankings

Best career and season finishes (top 10) and single-game finishes (top 3) on computed leaderboards, 1997–2025

Biography

From the official athletics bio

2011: Saw action in all ten games as the starting punter, averaging 36.1 yards per punt including 10 punts inside the 20-yard line…booted a season-long 56 yard punt at North Park.

2013: CCIW Special Teams Player of the Week for the weeks of Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Nov. 4...selected as a finalist for the Fred Mitchell Award as kicker of the year...played in all 10 games as kicker and punter...averaged 35.5 yards per punt...made 12-16 field goals on the year...made 47-50 on PAT attempts.2012: First Team All-CCIW kicker...CCIW Special Teams Player of the Week for week of Oct. 29...appeared in all 10 games as starting punter and place kicker...averaged 42.0 yards per punt with five punts of 50+ yards and eight punts inside the 20-yard line...8-13 on field goal attempts with a long of 39 yards...50-52 on PAT attempts...completed a pass of 20 yards on fake punt in 27-17 defeat of Millikin on Oct. 27.

2014: CCIW Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 13 and Oct. 27...preseason Fred Mitchell Award watchlist...made 9-19 field goal attempts with a long of 38 yards...converted 41-46 PAT attempts...averaged 34.6 yards on a 42 punts...hit game-winning field goal to beat North Central on Oct. 25.

High school: Four-year varsity starter... Team MVP...Walter Payton Award...two- time First Team All-Conference...converted the game-winning kick in overtime to win Wheaton Academy’s first playoff game in school history...FCA leader.

Major: Applied Health Science

Season by Season

Passing

Season	GP	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Long	Rating	Yds/G
2012	10	1	1	100.0%	20	20	268.0	2.0
2014	12	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0
Career	22	1	2	50.0%	20	20	134.0	0.9

Rushing

Season	GP	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Yds/G
2011	10	1	-14	-14.0	0	0	-1.4

Total Offense

Season	G	Plays	Rush	Pass	Yds	Yds/G
2011	10	1	-14	0	-14	-1.4
2012	10	1	0	20	20	2.0
2014	12	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career	32	3	-14	20	6	0.2

All-Purpose Yards

Season	G	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	IR	Yds	Yds/G
2011	10	-14	0	0	0	0	-14	-1.4

Scoring

Season	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts
2012	8	50	52	74
2013	12	47	50	83
2014	9	41	46	68
Career	29	138	148	225

Defense

Season	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	FR
2012	10	2	1	3	0
2013	10	0	1	1	1
2014	12	1	0	1	0
Career	32	3	2	5	1

Field Goals

Season	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	Blk
2012	8	13	61.5%	39	1
2013	12	16	75.0%	53	0
2014	9	19	47.4%	38	2
Career	29	48	60.4%	53	3

Punting

Season	No	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
2011	34	1,229	36.1	56	10	1	0
2012	20	841	42.0	55	8	2	1
2013	28	995	35.5	56	13	2	1
2014	42	1,455	34.6	55	11	4	0
Career	124	4,520	36.5	56	42	9	2

Kickoffs

Season	No	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
2012	61	3,460	56.7	4	1
2013	24	1,349	56.2	0	0
2014	1	62	62.0	0	0
Career	86	4,871	56.6	4	1

Game Logs

From box scores, 1997–2025

Date	Opponent	No	Yds	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Sep 10, 2011	Albion College	2	68	38	2	0	—
Sep 17, 2011	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	4	124	38	1	0	—
Sep 24, 2011	The University of Olivet	1	29	29	1	0	—
Oct 1, 2011	Illinois Wesleyan University	4	152	44	0	0	—
Oct 8, 2011	Elmhurst University	2	93	47	1	0	—
Oct 15, 2011	North Park University	5	193	56	1	0	—
Oct 22, 2011	Carthage College	3	110	43	0	0	—
Oct 29, 2011	Augustana College (IL)	3	114	43	1	0	—
Nov 5, 2011	North Central College	7	247	48	2	1	—
Nov 12, 2011	Millikin University	3	99	35	1	0	—
Aug 30, 2012	Benedictine University	1	40	40	0	0	—
Sep 8, 2012	Albion College	4	174	50	0	1	—
Sep 15, 2012	Luther College	3	146	50	2	0	—
Sep 29, 2012	Augustana College (IL)	2	87	54	1	0	—
Oct 6, 2012	Carthage College	1	42	42	1	0	—
Oct 13, 2012	Elmhurst University	1	32	32	1	0	—
Oct 20, 2012	Illinois Wesleyan University	2	95	50	2	0	—
Oct 27, 2012	Millikin University	2	63	33	1	0	—
Nov 3, 2012	North Central College	3	125	55	0	1	—
Nov 10, 2012	North Park University	1	37	37	0	0	—
Sep 7, 2013	Benedictine University	1	32	32	0	0	—
Sep 14, 2013	Albion College	4	135	37	2	0	—
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	2	63	37	0	1	—
Oct 5, 2013	Augustana College (IL)	4	131	36	3	0	—
Oct 12, 2013	Carthage College	4	143	39	2	0	—
Oct 19, 2013	Elmhurst University	5	211	56	4	0	—
Oct 26, 2013	Illinois Wesleyan University	2	82	49	2	0	—
Nov 2, 2013	Millikin University	2	92	49	0	1	—
Nov 9, 2013	North Central College	3	87	38	0	0	—
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	1	19	19	0	0	—
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	2	60	34	1	0	—
Sep 13, 2014	Kalamazoo College	6	231	46	1	1	—
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	4	120	35	2	0	—
Oct 4, 2014	North Park University	3	73	37	0	1	—
Oct 11, 2014	Augustana College (IL)	7	291	55	2	0	—
Oct 18, 2014	Millikin University	5	204	45	0	0	—
Oct 25, 2014	North Central College	1	38	38	0	1	—
Nov 1, 2014	Elmhurst University	2	81	44	1	0	—
Nov 8, 2014	Illinois Wesleyan University	3	97	39	2	1	—
Nov 15, 2014	Carthage College	3	101	42	1	0	—
Nov 22, 2014	Benedictine University	2	37	20	0	0	—
Nov 29, 2014	John Carroll University	4	122	39	1	0	—

Date	Opponent	Att	Yds	TD	Long
Nov 5, 2011	North Central College	1	-14	0	0

Date	Opponent	FGM	FGA	Long
Aug 30, 2012	Benedictine University	0	1	—
Sep 8, 2012	Albion College	0	1	—
Sep 15, 2012	Luther College	1	1	28
Sep 29, 2012	Augustana College (IL)	0	1	—
Oct 6, 2012	Carthage College	3	3	39
Oct 13, 2012	Elmhurst University	1	1	32
Oct 20, 2012	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	2	36
Oct 27, 2012	Millikin University	2	2	36
Nov 3, 2012	North Central College	0	1	—
Sep 7, 2013	Benedictine University	2	2	46
Sep 14, 2013	Albion College	1	1	44
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	1	1	23
Oct 5, 2013	Augustana College (IL)	1	1	39
Oct 12, 2013	Carthage College	0	1	—
Oct 26, 2013	Illinois Wesleyan University	2	3	53
Nov 2, 2013	Millikin University	3	3	43
Nov 9, 2013	North Central College	1	2	34
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	1	2	46
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	2	3	38
Sep 13, 2014	Kalamazoo College	1	2	38
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	1	3	26
Oct 11, 2014	Augustana College (IL)	2	3	27
Oct 18, 2014	Millikin University	0	2	—
Oct 25, 2014	North Central College	2	2	37
Nov 8, 2014	Illinois Wesleyan University	0	2	—
Nov 22, 2014	Benedictine University	1	1	21
Nov 29, 2014	John Carroll University	0	1	—

Date	Opponent	No	Yds	TB	OB
Aug 30, 2012	Benedictine University	8	471	0	0
Sep 8, 2012	Albion College	4	241	0	0
Sep 15, 2012	Luther College	5	313	2	0
Sep 29, 2012	Augustana College (IL)	7	408	2	1
Oct 6, 2012	Carthage College	8	433	0	0
Oct 13, 2012	Elmhurst University	6	327	0	0
Oct 20, 2012	Illinois Wesleyan University	7	371	0	0
Oct 27, 2012	Millikin University	5	275	0	0
Nov 3, 2012	North Central College	6	325	0	0
Nov 10, 2012	North Park University	5	296	0	0
Sep 7, 2013	Benedictine University	8	472	0	0
Sep 14, 2013	Albion College	9	494	0	0
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	6	333	0	0
Oct 26, 2013	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	50	0	0
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	1	62	0	0

Date	Opponent	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts
Aug 30, 2012	Benedictine University	0	6	7	6
Sep 8, 2012	Albion College	0	3	3	3
Sep 15, 2012	Luther College	1	6	6	9
Sep 29, 2012	Augustana College (IL)	0	7	7	7
Oct 6, 2012	Carthage College	3	5	5	14
Oct 13, 2012	Elmhurst University	1	3	3	6
Oct 20, 2012	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	5	5	8
Oct 27, 2012	Millikin University	2	3	3	9
Nov 3, 2012	North Central College	0	5	5	5
Nov 10, 2012	North Park University	0	7	8	7
Sep 7, 2013	Benedictine University	2	6	6	12
Sep 14, 2013	Albion College	1	9	9	12
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	1	5	5	8
Oct 5, 2013	Augustana College (IL)	1	3	3	6
Oct 12, 2013	Carthage College	0	4	4	4
Oct 19, 2013	Elmhurst University	0	4	4	4
Oct 26, 2013	Illinois Wesleyan University	2	1	2	7
Nov 2, 2013	Millikin University	3	7	7	16
Nov 9, 2013	North Central College	1	1	2	4
Nov 16, 2013	North Park University	1	7	8	10
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	2	4	4	10
Sep 13, 2014	Kalamazoo College	1	3	3	6
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	1	2	2	5
Oct 4, 2014	North Park University	0	6	7	6
Oct 11, 2014	Augustana College (IL)	2	2	2	8
Oct 18, 2014	Millikin University	0	4	4	4
Oct 25, 2014	North Central College	2	4	4	10
Nov 1, 2014	Elmhurst University	0	8	8	8
Nov 8, 2014	Illinois Wesleyan University	0	1	2	1
Nov 15, 2014	Carthage College	0	3	3	3
Nov 22, 2014	Benedictine University	1	4	6	7

Date	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Tot
Oct 20, 2012	Illinois Wesleyan University	0	1	1
Nov 3, 2012	North Central College	1	0	1
Nov 10, 2012	North Park University	1	0	1
Sep 21, 2013	Luther College	0	1	1
Nov 9, 2013	North Central College	0	0	0
Oct 11, 2014	Augustana College (IL)	1	0	1

Date	Opponent	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Long
Oct 27, 2012	Millikin University	1	1	20	0	0	20
Sep 20, 2014	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	0	1	0	0	0	0

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
2011	49	P/K	Freshman	5'11"	190 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton Academy
2012	49	P/K	Sophomore	6'0"	198 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton Academy
2013	49	P/K	Junior	6'0"	194 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton Academy
2014	49	P/K	Senior	6'0"	200 lbs	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton Academy