Cole Hedlund (born March 15, 1995) is a former American football

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. He played

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at Arkansas and North Texas. He was signed by the

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as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

College career

Hedlund played college football for both the Arkansas Razorbacks from 2015 to 2017 and for the North Texas Mean Green in 2018. As a freshman in 2015, he converted all 58 extra point attempts and 9 of 15 field goal attempts. As a sophomore in 2016, he converted all 25 extra point attempts and 5 of 7 field goal attempts. As a junior in 2017, he only appeared in two games but converted all 8 extra point attempts and 0 of 2 field goal attempts. As a senior in 2018 after transferring to North Texas, he converted 51 of 54 extra point attempts and 19 of 22 field goal attempts.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Hedlund signed with the

on May 5, 2019. He was waived by the Colts on August 31, 2019.

References

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