2026 Football Roster
Cole Ruble
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Imperial, Mo.
- High School:
- Seckman
2025: Garnered Second-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors as a kick returner…Played in 12 games and made one start…Southeast Missouri’s second-leading rusher with 377 yards and four touchdowns on 75 carries…Averaged five yards per carry and 31.4 rushing yards per game…Ran back 17 kickoffs for 381 yards and averaged 22.4 yards per return…Won his team’s Top Offensive Back Award…Ranked third in the OVC in kick returns and second in kick return yards…Had 14 receptions for 97 yards and one touchdown out of the backfield…Gained a season-high 93 yards on 12 carries vs. Tennessee State (10/11)…Finished with 83 rushing yards on 16 attempts at Western Illinois (11/15)…Longest carry of the season was 51 yards vs. North Alabama (9/6)…Scored a rushing touchdown vs. Southern Illinois (9/20), at Tennessee Tech (10/25), vs. Charleston Southern (11/1) and vs. Lindenwood (11/22)…His only start was vs. Lindenwood in the season finale…Returned a season-best four kickoffs for 87 yards at UT Martin (9/27)…Longest kickoff return was 47 yards vs. North Alabama (9/6).
2024: Played in 13 games and made three starts at running back...Ran for 219 yards and two touchdowns on 46 carries...Averaged 4.8 yards per rush...Caught 11 passes for 111 yards out of the backfield...Gained 15 yards on seven carries and caught four passes for 24 yards in his first career start at Charleston Southern (10/19)...Scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard run in the second quarter at Eastern Illinois (10/5)...Picked up a season-high 122 yards and scored on a career-long 65-yard run vs. Gardner-Webb (10/26).
2023: Redshirted...Played in each of the final three games of the season...Ran the ball nine times for 17 yards and caught one pass for five yards...Had a season-high 12 yards on six attempts at Bryant (11/18)...Also gained five yards on two carries vs. Robert Morris (11/4).
Prep: Rushed for 2,524 yards and 46 touchdowns as a senior at Seckman High School...Ran for 20 touchdowns of 40 or more yards...Top rusher and scorer in the St. Louis area...Earned First-Team Class 5 All-State honors as a junior and second-team laurels as a sophomore...All-time leading rusher in school history...Had seven touchdowns and 323 rushing yards in a playoff win over St. Louis University High School.
Personal: Born September 16, 2004...Majoring in Professional Studies...Son of Chance and Amanda Ruble.
