Cole McCubrey

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
235
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Boylston, Mass.
High School:
West Boylston / Tahanto

2020 • Senior

• Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (awarded for community service, academics & athletics)
• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Linebacker)
• Started all four games at linebacker
• Earned a team-high 33 tackles (21-12) on the year with 1.5 TFLs, including 1.0 sacks
• Opened the year with nine takedowns at Georgia Southern (10/17)
• Secured 11 stops, including 1.5 TFLs and 1.0 sacks, at FAU (11/20)
• Had eight stops in the season final at Liberty (11/27)

2019 • Junior

• Played in and started 12 games at linebacker
• Led the team with 84 tackles (46-38) and had 1.0 sacks among 4.5 TFLs
• Broke up two passes, forced a fumble and recorded one quarterback hurry
• Had 16 more tackles than the next Minuteman (Mike Ruane - 66) and averaged 7.0 tackles per game
• Tied for second on the team with his 4.5 TFLs, joined by fellow linebacker Jarvis Miller
• Started the year with 10 stops at Rutgers (8/30)
• Followed with 11 takedowns - including 1.0 TFLs - and forced a fumble against Southern Illinois (9/7)
• Produced eight stops at Charlotte (9/14)
• Notched nine tackles, including seven solo stops, at FIU (10/5)
• Recorded a season-best 12 tackles, including an assisted-TFL, against Liberty (11/2)
• Capped the year with six tackles, including a three-yard TFL, against BYU (11/23)

2018 • Sophomore

• Made 12 appearances at outside linebacker and on special teams coverage
• Tallied 35 tackles, including 15 solo stops, and had 2.5 TFLs
• Had five tackles with an assisted TFL in the season-opening win over Duquesne (8/25)
• Notched four assisted stops at Boston College (9/2)
• Totaled a career-high eight tackles at FIU (9/15)
• Provided seven tackles with 1.0 TFLs against Charlotte (9/22)
• Earned three tackles, including 1.0 TFLs, at Ohio (9/29)
• Secured two takedowns apiece versus USF (10/6), Liberty (11/3) and BYU (11/10)

2017 • Freshman

• Appeared in 11 games, primarily as a contributor on special teams
• Had 14 total tackles on the season and forced a pair of fumbles
• Team leader on special teams tackles during the season
• Debuted in the second game of the season with an assisted tackle at Coastal Carolina (9/2)
• Had three solo stops and forced a special teams forced fumble at Temple (9/15)
• Made two tackles against Ohio (9/30)
• Added three solo tackles and another special teams forced fumble against Georgia Southern (10/21)
• Notched two tackles in the Fenway Gridiron Series win over Maine
• Capped the year with a solo takedown at FIU (12/2)

Before Massachusetts

• Graduated Tahanto High School
• Also attended West Boylston High School
• Three-time all-conference honoree
• Also won all-city, all-district, all-region and all-state twice
• Posted more than 2,200 rushing yards and 130 tackles as a two-way player during his senior year, when Tahanto was the Central Mass Division 4 Champion and reached the state semifinals
• Holds the Tahanto records for rushing yards, touchdowns and tackles
• Team captain as a senior
• Earned four letters in football, three in track and field and two in basketball
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Was a champion in the shot put and discus

Personal

• Son of Scott and Lisa McCubrey
• Has one brother, Kyle