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Cole Toner
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Toner with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020
Personal information
Born: (1994-03-13) March 13, 1994 (age 30)
Greenwood, Indiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:310 lb (141 kg)
Career information
High school: Roncalli ( Indianapolis, Indiana)
College: Harvard
Position: Center
NFL draft: 2016 / Round: 5 / Pick: 170
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:14
Games started:4
Player stats at NFL.com

Cole Toner (born March 13, 1994) is an American football center who is a free agent. He played college football at Harvard and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. [1]

College career

Toner started at right tackle for the Harvard Crimson for three and a half years, and was a four-year varsity letterman. He was selected First-team All- Ivy League in 2014 and 2015. [2] In 2015, he was selected to the Lindy's Preseason All- Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) First-team, the All-New England Team, the STATS FCS All-American First-team, and the Associated Press FCS All-American First-team. [3] He was also nominated to the Fall 2015 Academic All-Ivy Team, and was a semifinalist for the 2015 National Football Foundation William V. Campbell Trophy (the academic Heisman). [4]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 5+14 in
(1.96 m)
306 lb
(139 kg)
33+18 in
(0.84 m)
9+34 in
(0.25 m)
5.32 s 4.59 s 7.88 s 26.0 in
(0.66 m)
8 ft 7 in
(2.62 m)
22 reps
All values from NFL Combine. [5]

Arizona Cardinals

Toner was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round (170th overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft. [6] On May 2, 2016, he signed a four-year contract with the Cardinals. [7] On September 2, 2017, Toner was waived by the Cardinals. [8]

Cincinnati Bengals

On September 4, 2017, Toner was signed to the practice squad of the Cincinnati Bengals. [9] He was released on September 29. [10]

New England Patriots

On October 9, 2017, Toner was signed to the New England Patriots' practice squad. [11] He was placed on the practice squad injured reserve list on October 12, and released four days later on October 16. [12] [13]

Los Angeles Chargers

On November 7, 2017, Toner was signed to the Los Angeles Chargers' practice squad. [14] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Chargers on January 1, 2018. [15]

Toner only saw play in one game during the 2018 season, a Chargers' Week 1 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. [16] Although he stayed on the roster, he was inactive for the rest of the season. [17]

On August 2, 2019, Toner was marked waived/injured by the Chargers and placed on injured reserve. [18] He was waived with an injury settlement on August 7, but was re-signed to the practice squad on October 16. [19] Toner signed another reserve/future contract with the Chargers on December 30. [20]

On September 5, 2020, Toner was released by the Chargers, [21] and signed to the practice squad the next day. [22] He was elevated to the active roster on October 3 for the team's Week 4 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but did not play and was reverted to the practice squad after the game. [23] He was promoted back to the active roster on October 31. [24] He went on to play in ten games that season, starting in three. [25]

Houston Texans

Toner signed with the Houston Texans on March 22, 2021. [26] He was released on August 31. [27] Toner was signed to the practice squad on October 12, [28] and promoted to the active roster on October 30. [29] He played in one game that season, a Week 16 win against the Chargers. Three days later, on December 29, Toner was placed on injured reserve. [30]

Los Angeles Rams

On November 23, 2022, Toner was signed to the practice squad of the Los Angeles Rams. [31] [32] His practice squad contract expired when the team's season ended on January 9, 2023.

References

  1. ^ Somers, Kent (May 2, 2016). "Cardinals select Harvard OL Cole Toner in 5th round of NFL draft". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Cole Toner OT". Reese's Senior Bowl. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Cole Toner - Harvard". www.gocrimson.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "NFF Announces Outstanding List of Semifinalists for 2015 Campbell Trophy, College Football's Premier Scholar-Athlete Award". Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Cole Toner Draft and Combine Prospect Profile", NFL.com, retrieved June 29, 2016
  6. ^ "2016 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Cole Toner". Rotoworld. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  8. ^ Urban, Darren (September 2, 2017). "Cardinals Make Moves To Reach 53-Man Roster". AZCardinals.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017.
  9. ^ "Bengals Player Moves: Driskel to IR, Toner and Shelton to practice squad". Bengals.com. September 4, 2017. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017.
  10. ^ Marcum, Jason (September 29, 2017). "Bengals sign Hardy Nickerson to practice squad, cut Cole Toner from it". CincyJungle.com.
  11. ^ "Patriots make changes to the practice squad". Patriots.com. October 9, 2017. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018.
  12. ^ "Patriots make changes to the practice squad". Patriots.com. October 12, 2017. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018.
  13. ^ Bouda, Nate (October 16, 2017). "NFL Transactions: Monday 10/16". NFLTradeRumors.co. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  14. ^ Henne, Ricky (November 7, 2017). "Chargers Announce Flurry of Transactions". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018.
  15. ^ Henne, Ricky (January 1, 2018). "Chargers Sign Six to Reserve/Future Contracts". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018.
  16. ^ "Cole Toner 2018 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  17. ^ Peterson, Michael (July 1, 2019). "Chargers 90-in-90: OL Cole Toner". Bolts From The Blue. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  18. ^ "Chargers Sign Pair of Offensive Linemen". Chargers.com. August 2, 2019.
  19. ^ "Chargers Game Preview: Titans vs. Chargers, Week 7". www.chargers.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  20. ^ "Chargers Sign Eight Players to Reserve/Future Contracts". Chargers.com. December 30, 2019.
  21. ^ "We've Trimmed Our Roster to 53". Chargers.com. September 5, 2020.
  22. ^ Practice Squad Announced, Chargers
  23. ^ "Los Angeles Chargers Activate Tyron Johnson and Cole Toner". Chargers.com. October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  24. ^ "Los Angeles Chargers Announce Roster Moves". Chargers.com. October 31, 2020.
  25. ^ "Cole Toner 2020 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  26. ^ "Houston Texans Transactions (3-22-2021)". HoustonTexans.com. March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  27. ^ "Houston Texans Transactions (8-31-2021)". HoustonTexans.com. August 31, 2021.
  28. ^ "Houston Texans Transactions (10-12-2021)". HoustonTexans.com. October 12, 2021.
  29. ^ "Houston Texans Transactions (10-30-2021)". HoustonTexans.com. October 30, 2021.
  30. ^ "Texans' Cole Toner: Placed on injured reserve". CBSSports.com. December 30, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  31. ^ @RamsNFL (November 23, 2022). "LA Rams Transactions: • Signed to Practice Squad QB Case Cookus • Signed Practice Squad Veteran C Cole Toner" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ DaSilva, Cameron (November 23, 2022). "Rams sign QB Case Cookus, C Cole Toner to practice squad". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

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