16 Cole Staska
Cole Staska
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    195
  • Hometown:
    Missouri Valley, Iowa
  • Position:
    WR
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Missouri Valley
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    1.0
  • sac
    0.0
  • int
    0
  • ffum
    0

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Three-time letterwinner (2022, 23, 24)
2024 | junior
  • Played in all 10 games
  • Caught 60 passes for 656 yards and eight touchdowns
  • Recorded 10 catches in a single game twice
  • Finished with a season-high 110 yards at Augustana
  • Caught two touchdown passes against Buena Vista
  • Eclipsed 100-yards receiving against Central on eight catches
  • Went six straight games with at least one touchdown catch
2023 | sophomore
  • Appeared in every game for the Storm, accumulating 550 receiving yards and four touchdowns
  • Averaged 10.0 yards per catch
  • Scored four touchdowns, two of them in a win at Buena Vista
2022 | freshman
  • Played in six games, primarily on special teams
  • Caught two passes for 25 yards
High School
  • A 2022 graduate of Missouri Valley High School
  • All-state defensive back
  • All-district punter
  • All-conference in basketball
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • All-state academic
Personal
  • Parents are Ammy Staska and Joe Staska
  • Has one sibling, Haley
  • Majoring in marketing with a minor in business management

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 0 0
Assists 1 1
Tackles 1.0 1.0
Tackles per game .1 .1
Sacks 0.0 0.0
Sack yards 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -
Tackle for loss 0.0 0.0
Tackle for loss yards 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 2 20 10.0 13 0 - -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 1 3 3.0 3 0 - -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 - -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 7 139 19.9 46 1 - -
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 9 79 8.8 18 0 - -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 10 153 15.3 96 1 - -
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 6 33 5.5 8 1 - -
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 6 39 6.5 13 0 - -
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 5 58 11.6 33 0 - -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 5 58 11.6 23 1 - -
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 5 125 25.0 55 0 - -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 2 13 6.5 9 0 - -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 6 72 12.0 33 2 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 - - - - - 0
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 - - - - - 0
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 - - - - - 0
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 1 - 139 - - 139
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 1 - 79 - - 79
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 1 - 153 - - 153
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 1 - 33 - - 33
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 1 - 39 - - 39
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 1 20 58 - - 78
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 1 - 58 - - 58
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 1 3 125 - - 128
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 1 -2 13 - - 11
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 1 - 72 - - 72

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 6 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 12 - 2 - - - - - - 0 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 6 Augustana (Ill.) L, 42-41 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 13 at Crown (Minn.) W, 45-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 No. 10/11 Wartburg L, 27-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 27 at Buena Vista W, 41-0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 11 Coe L, 34-7 0 1 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Luther W, 36-3 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Dubuque W, 27-7 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 1 at Loras W, 28-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 No. 19 Central (Iowa) L, 35-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Neb. Wesleyan W, 23-22 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2022-23 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2025-26 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 36 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2022-23 6 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - 1 1
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 10 4 21 2.1 5.3 0 13 - -
Total 36 4 21 0.6 5.3 0 13 1 1

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2022-23 6 2 0.3 25 4.2 12.5 0 20
2023-24 10 55 5.5 550 55.0 10.0 4 36
2024-25 10 60 6.0 656 65.6 10.9 8 39
2025-26 10 61 6.1 769 76.9 12.6 6 96
Total 36 178 4.9 2000 55.6 11.2 18 96

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2022-23 6 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - 0
2025-26 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 36 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2022-23 6 2 33 16.5 20 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 36 2 33 16.5 20 0 0 0 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
2025-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2022-23 6 - 25 - - 25 4.2
2023-24 10 - 550 - - 550 55.0
2024-25 10 - 656 - - 656 65.6
2025-26 10 21 769 - - 790 79.0
Total 36 21 2000 - - 2021 56.1

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2022-23 0 0.0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 24 2.4 - 4 - - - - - - 0 0
2024-25 48 4.8 - 8 - - - - - - 0 0
2025-26 36 3.6 0 6 - - - - - - 0 0
Total 108 3.0 0 18 - - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2022-23 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024-25 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025-26 10 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 36 0 2 2.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Conference 8 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 4 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 4 21 2.1 5.3 0 13 - -
Conference 8 4 21 2.6 5.3 0 13 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 1 -2 -0.4 -2.0 0 0 - -
Away 5 3 23 4.6 7.7 0 13 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 3 23 3.8 7.7 0 13 - -
Losses 4 1 -2 -0.5 -2.0 0 0 - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 2 20 6.7 10.0 0 13 - -
November 3 2 1 0.3 0.5 0 3 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 61 6.1 769 76.9 12.6 6 96
Conference 8 45 5.6 551 68.9 12.2 5 96
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 30 6.0 402 80.4 13.4 3 96
Away 5 31 6.2 367 73.4 11.8 3 55
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 36 6.0 425 70.8 11.8 4 55
Losses 4 25 6.3 344 86.0 13.8 2 96
Month September 4 32 8.0 404 101.0 12.6 3 96
October 3 16 5.3 155 51.7 9.7 1 33
November 3 13 4.3 210 70.0 16.2 2 55

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 21 769 - - 790 79.0
Conference 8 21 551 - - 572 71.5
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 -2 402 - - 400 80.0
Away 5 23 367 - - 390 78.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 6 23 425 - - 448 74.7
Losses 4 -2 344 - - 342 85.5
Month September 4 - 404 - - 404 101.0
October 3 20 155 - - 175 58.3
November 3 1 210 - - 211 70.3

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 36 3.6 0 6 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 30 3.8 0 5 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 18 3.6 0 3 - - - - - - 0 0
Away 18 3.6 0 3 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 24 4.0 0 4 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 12 3.0 0 2 - - - - - - 0 0
Month September 18 4.5 - 3 - - - - - - 0 0
October 6 2.0 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0
November 12 4.0 0 2 - - - - - - 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 0 1 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 4 0 1 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 3 0 1 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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