A second-year offensive lineman who has played in and started 13 games ... named to the ESPN 2022 Preseason True Freshman All-American Team ... selected to the 247Sports Preseason True Freshman All-American Team for 2022 ... a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2022, fall 2022).

FRESHMAN (2022)
Has played in and started 13 games at right guard … part of an offensive line that helped RB Bijan Robinson rush for 183 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries (9.2 ypc) against UTSA … the Longhorns combined to rush for 298 yards on 36 carries (8.3 ypc) versus the Roadrunners … helped block for Robinson’s 103-yard, two-touchdown performance at Texas Tech … helped Robinson rush for 101 yards and one touchdown and QB Hudson Card establish career highs with 303 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in a victory over West Virginia … opened holes for Robinson to rush for 130 yards and two touchdowns against Oklahoma in the AT&T Red River Showdown ... helped Robinson rush for 135 yards against Iowa State and 140 yards and one touchdown at Oklahoma State … blocked for Robinson’s 209-yard outing at Kansas State and 243-yard, four-touchdown performance at Kansas … also helped Jonathon Brooks rush for 108 yards on 11 carries and two touchdowns against the Jayhawks … marked the third time in UT history that Texas had a 200-yard and 100-yard rusher in the same game … the Longhorns totaled 427 rushing yards (7.5 ypc) and six rushing touchdowns at Kansas … UT followed that with five rushing scores in the regular season-finale against Baylor ... blocked for redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers in the Alamo Bowl against Washington, where Ewers passed for 369 yards and one touchdown while completing 31-of-47 passes.

HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time team captain and all-district honoree … ranked No. 226 nationally, No. 12 among offensive guards and No. 34 overall in the state of Texas by Rivals … rated No. 11 nationally among offensive guards and No. 52 overall in the state of Texas by ESPN … ranked No. 23 nationally among interior offensive linemen and No. 66 overall in the state of Texas by 247Sports … rated No. 45 nationally among interior offensive linemen and No. 108 overall in Texas by On3 … chosen to the 2021 Super Team Second Team, the Texas Top 300 and as a Top 10 offensive lineman by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … placed No. 12 on the list of top area recruits by the Dallas Morning News … named first-team All-District 7-5A Division 2 in 2021 … compiled 157 pancake blocks as a senior … part of an offense that averaged 408.1 total yards 326.1 rushing yards, and 41.2 points per game … helped the offense top 400 total yards six times and 350 rushing yards six times … the offense also score 40 or more points seven times and 50 or more three times … anchored an offense that accumulated 723 total yards, including 594 rushing yards, and 70 points with nine rushing touchdowns against Lake Dallas … blocked for an offense that compiled 593 total yards, including 487 rushing yards, and 59 points with six rushing touchdowns against Princeton … helped lead the offense to 534 total yards, including 380 rushing yards, and 48 points against Royse City … helped Frisco to a 10-2 overall record, including a 7-1 district mark, and an appearance in the 5A Division 2 area playoffs in 2021 … tabbed unanimous first-team All-District 7-5A Division 2 in 2020 … registered 117 pancake blocks as a junior … part of an offense averaged 366.8 total yards, 261.8 rushing yards and 34.8 points per game … helped the offense rush for over 200 yards on six occasions … anchored an offense that totaled 445 yards, including 336 rushing yards, and five rushing touchdowns against Lake Dallas … blocked for an offense that tallied 502 total yards, including 452 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns against Lebanon Trail … helped Frisco to a 8-2 overall record, including a 4-1 district mark, and an appearance 5A Division 2 regional playoffs in 2020 … selected first-team All-District 7-5A Division 2 in 2019 … part of an offense that registered 350 or more total yards six times and 200 or more rushing yards eight times as a sophomore … blocked for an offense that compiled 757 total yards, including 442 rushing yards, 315 passing yards, six rushing touchdowns and four passing touchdowns on the way to 76 points against Lebanon Trail … part of an offense that registered 489 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns against Memorial … helped Frisco to an 11-2 overall record, including a 7-1 district mark and title, and an appearance 5A Division 2 regional playoffs in 2019 … competed in football, baseball and track & field, including shot put and discus, at Frisco … member of the National Honor Society … father, Scott, played baseball at Arizona State and made back-to-back appearances in the College World Series in 1987 and 1988 before getting drafted in the 30th round of the 1988 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Cole Hutson