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Joe Cotton Season 2025

PositionOL
Weight317 lbs
Height6-6
ClassRedshirt Junior
HometownSioux Falls, S.D.
Previous SchoolSouth Dakota
Prior to Cincinnati
Played three seasons at South Dakota, earning two all-league nods from the Missouri Valley conference…Named to All-Newcomer Team in 2022 and Second Team All-Conference in 2023…Earned Phil Steele Freshman All-America honors in 2023 as well…Started 27 games at left tackle over the last two seasons…Part of an offensive line in 2024 that paved the way for the sixth-ranked rushing attack in FCS (215.9) and the ninth-ranked offense (436.9)…Helped lead South Dakota to an FCS Playoff semifinal appearance in 2024 and a quarterfinal appearance in 2023…All-conference and all-state offensive lineman at Roosevelt High School.