2020: Third team All-Sun Belt from PFF and fourth-team All-Sun Belt selection by Phil Steele … Appeared in the first 10 games and started all 10 as an offensive tackle (nine at left tackle, vs. Georgia State at right tackle) … Nominee for the Campbell Trophy, which goes to the student-athlete with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance ... With a score of 513 on the MCAT, ranking in the top 13 percent … Helped App State rank seventh nationally by rushing for 264.9 yards per game, including 500 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win against North Texas.
2019: Appeared in 12 games and made one start at left tackle against Charlotte … Also saw time at guard … Helped App State rank in the top 25 nationally by rushing for 231.4 yards per game and allowing just 18 sacks … Helped App State’s offensive line rank as a top-15 unit nationally on the Joe Moore Award Honor Roll … Sidelined for the final two games by an injury.
2018: Appeared in all 13 games and made one start apiece at right guard and left tackle … Played steadily along with Baer Hunter at right guard, starting the Georgia Southern game at that position … Filled in for an injured Vic Johnson at left tackle in the Sun Belt Championship Game and took over at that spot after one series in the New Orleans Bowl win against Middle Tennessee … Made the All-Southern Pigskin Bowl team (with players from the Sun Belt, SEC and ACC) after receiving a grade of 79.2 from the PFF College site in the bowl win … Key figure on a line that ranked in the top 25 nationally in both rushing yards per game (No. 14 at 240.4) and fewest sacks allowed (No. 20 at 18) for the fifth straight year … Mountaineers rushed for more than 250 yards against Gardner-Webb (432), South Alabama (348), Louisiana (266) and Coastal Carolina (278). App State allowed no sacks against South Alabama, Louisiana and Middle Tennessee … Mountaineers had at least 500 total yards against Gardner-Webb (692), South Alabama (517) and Georgia State (524).
2017: Appeared in 12 games, contributing as a reserve left guard and serving as a mainstay on App State’s FG/PAT units … Had nine knockdown blocks and three pancake blocks in 72 offensive snaps during the regular season.
2016: Redshirted
High School: Rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports ... First-team all-region honoree ... Did not allow a sack as a senior ... Helped lead Pinson to a 15-1 record, an appearance in the Alabama 6A state championship game and No. 99 national ranking as a senior in 2015 ... Clay-Chalkville went 30-1 over his final two high school campaigns and won the Alabama 6A state title as a junior in 2014 ... Invited to participate in the 2015 AHSAA Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game ... Coached by Jerry Hood ... Chose Appalachian State over Georgia State and New Mexico.
Personal: Full name is Cole Davis Garrison … Son of Brooke and Kevin Garrison … Has four siblings: Brooke, Mary-Katelyn, Miller and Riley … Father played baseball at the University of Montevallo.
