2022: Carried the ball three times for 21 yards in the season-opener at Wisconsin, before suffering a season-ending injury against the Badgers.

2021 (fall): All-MVFC Honorable Mention team selection and MVFC All-Newcomer Team pick ... finished second in the MVFC Freshman of the Year vote ... saw action in all 11 games at running back … ranked third in the MVFC in rushing yards (977) and was fourth in rushing yards per game (88.8) … finished the season ranked in the Top 20 of the FCS in rush yards (No. 15) and yards per game (No. 20) … averaged 5.2 yards per carry on the season and rushed for a team-best six touchdowns … posted six games with over 90 yards rushing and had four 100-plus yard efforts … named MVFC Offensive Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week, after rushing for a career-best 178 yards with 69-yad touchdown run in the win over South Dakota … followed that up with 159 yards and three touchdown at Western Illinois … added nine receptions for 72 yards.

2021 (spring): Missed the season due to injury.

2019: Redshirted ... named the offensive scout team player of the week following Week 13.

Holt HS: Started for three seasons during prep career … rushed for 2,448 yards and 32 touchdowns during senior campaign, earning first-team all-state, all-district and all-conference honors … named the conference offensive player of the year and a St. Louis all-metro team pick … also caught six passes for 170 yards with two scores … during junior season, totaled 2,598 yards and 33 total touchdowns while being named a third-team all-state and all-metro selection … set a state record with eight touchdowns in a win over Ft. Zumwalt South … as a sophomore, accounted for over 1,700 yards and 20 touchdowns, while earning first-team all-conference honors as a running back and punter … also a two-time state qualifier in wrestling as a sophomore and junior.

Personal: Born August 30, 2000, in St. Louis, Missouri … son of Brent and Janell Mueller … his father, Brent, wrestled at Mizzou and Lindenwood … has one sister, Paige … three-time academic all-conference selection in wrestling and football from 2016-18.

Cole Mueller