2020 Football Roster
Roster
Cole Garcia
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 296
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Bishop Lynch
Honors at Rice
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
2021
Returned to the starting lineup against Arkansas to open 2021 and started the first 11 games before missing the finale against LA Tech, which doubled his career starts total... Second on the team with 777 snaps after coming into this season with 789 in his career.
2020
Saw action in all five games and started the first three.
2019
Saw action in four games, including a pair of starts, while retaining his redshirt… Saw action against Wake Forest and UAB before making starts vs. Southern Miss and Marshall after Brian Chaffin’s injury
2018
A member of Mike Bloomgren's first recruiting class who signed during the early signing period and made his playing debut at Wake Forest, his starting debut at FIU, and remained in the lineup for the rest of the year... The first freshman to start multiple games on the offensive line for the Owls since Scott Mitchell in 2007... Named Player of the Week for the offensive scout team for his work before the Southern Miss game.
Bishop Lynch High School
Garcia was a two-time, TAPPS D1 All-State selection for the Friars under coach Chuck Faucette. Bishop Lynch won the 2016 D1 title and advanced to the semifinals in 2017 before falling to Houston's St. Pius X... Credited with 78 pancake blocks as a senior and 186 in his career... Competed in powerlifting... Two-time Academic All-State selection and a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Full name: Cole Garcia... Born: June 16 at Dallas, Texas... Parents: Gary and Mary Garcia... (one brother)... Rice major: Psychology. Rice College: Duncan
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