Cole Tabbed Freshman All-American
12/17/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Left tackle Mason Cole of the University of Michigan football team was named to the Sporting News True Freshman All-America first team on Wednesday (Dec. 17). Earlier in the week, Cole was recognized as a freshman All-American by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com, respectively.
Cole became the first true freshman in Michigan history to start a season opener on the offensive line, doing so vs. Appalachian State (Aug. 30). The left tackle from Tarpon Spring, Florida, went on to start all 12 games, the most ever by a true freshman offensive lineman in program history. Former U-M All-American Bubba Paris is the only other Wolverine to start even one game at tackle as a true freshman.
In total, Cole became the first Michigan true freshman to start 12 games in a season at U-M since Tate Forcier and Craig Roh in 2009 and the fifth student-athlete in program history to accomplish the feat (Chad Henne, 2004; Charles Woodson, 1995).
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