URI Football’s Cole Brockwell is a Throwback Following in His Father’s Footsteps

The linebacker is starting for the first time and playing like his dad Mark, who starred for the Rams’ heralded 1984 team that won the Yankee Conference

Cole Brockwell starts at linebacker for the University of Rhode Island Rams.
Cole Brockwell starts at linebacker for the University of Rhode Island Rams.
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Cole Brockwell starts at linebacker for the University of Rhode Island Rams.
Cole Brockwell starts at linebacker for the University of Rhode Island Rams.
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URI Football’s Cole Brockwell is a Throwback Following in His Father’s Footsteps
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University of Rhode Island linebacker Cole Brockwell is a throwback to a time when college football players spent their first two years learning and hoping to get on the field, their third season playing on special teams and perhaps as a backup, and their fourth, finally, as a starter.

But Brockwell is also a product of his time. He is in his sixth year with the Rams — thank you, redshirt and COVID bonus years. He already has a degree in finance and is finishing a three-semester MBA program.

Best of all, he is starting for the first time and playing like one of the best linebackers in the nation, which he is — second in the Coastal Athletic Association and 12th in the Football Championship Subdivision with 66 total tackles, 30 solo, and 9.4 tackles per game.

Cole is a throwback in another sense. He wears the same number, 39, plays the same position, is about the same size — 6 feet, 228 pounds — and is a team leader as his father Mark Brockwell was for the 1984 Yankee Conference champion Rams.

This story was reported by The Public’s Radio. You can read the entire story here.

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