Player profileGardner-Webb Football
Gardner-Webb · Football
Cole Pennington
QB · Senior · #12 · 6' 4" · 220 lbs · 3★ recruit
From Versailles, KY
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Estimated NIL value
$138.5K
Gardner-Webb · Football
Cole Pennington
QB · Senior · #12 · 6' 4" · 220 lbs · 3★ recruit
From Versailles, KY
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Estimated NIL value
$138.5K
Gardner-Webb · Football
QB · Senior · #12 · 6' 4" · 220 lbs
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Latest source check Aug 30, 2026
Position
Quarterback
Class
Senior
Jersey
#12
Height
6' 4"
Weight
220 lbs
Hometown
From Versailles, KY
Estimated NIL value
$138.5K
Modeled from role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.
Pool-accounting allocation: $440.1K
Confidence meter
Watchlist confidenceWe have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.
Cole Pennington is a 6' 4" 220 lbs Senior Quarterback for Gardner-Webb and is listed by ESPN from Versailles, KY. Cole Pennington ranks 1st within the current Gardner-Webb football roster. The modeled value is $138.5K, with $440.1K allocated to reconcile the sport pool.
Pool share by sport
23.8%
Football pool: $1.85M
Pool share of school
9.6%
Gardner-Webb roster market: $4.6M
Roster dollars tracked
$1.85M
Gardner-Webb Football pool-accounting sum
Coverage hits
0
No fresh NIL chatter found
Versailles, KY
Roster status
Active
Current listing
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Recruit rating
3-star
Recruiting profile
3-star / No. 1424 nationally
Rating: 0.8448
High school: Sayre School
From: Lexington, KY
Class: 2022 / QB
2026 season production
ESPN player feedPassing
27
Completions
49
Attempts
55.1
Completion %
312
Yards
6.4
Average
1
Touchdowns
Rushing
7
Carries
-3
Yards
-0.4
Average
0
Touchdowns
5
Long
Scoring
0
PASS
0
RUSH
1
Receptions
0
RET
1
Touchdowns
0
2PT
Career history
| Season | Team | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 64 | 112 | 57.1 | 695 | 6.2 | 0 | 6 | 65 |
| 2024 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 57 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 126 | 208 | 60.6 | 1,601 | 7.7 | 7 | 5 | 43 |
| 2026 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 27 | 49 | 55.1 | 312 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Career | All teams | 222 | 376 | 59.0 | 2,665 | 7.1 | 9 | 12 | 65 |
| Season | Team | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 15 | -69 | -4.6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 54 | 5 | 0.1 | 1 | 36 |
| 2026 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | -3 |
| Season | Team | PASS | RUSH | REC | RET | TD | 2PT | PAT | FG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 |
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Sideline Data Desk
Quarterbacks receive the strongest football premium because role scarcity, weekly visibility, and offensive control compound their market value. For Cole Pennington, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $138.5K headline case.
The visible base estimate is $138.5K. The pool-accounting allocation is $440.1K, equal to about 23.8% of the Gardner-Webb football market. The player ranks 1st on that roster.
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