2021 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 43
Cole McCabe
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Norristown, Pa.
- High School:
- Malvern Prep
2021 (Senior): Played in first eight games, seeing time on special teams and at linebacker ... made 10 tackles ... posted a season-high four tackles against Penn ... logged a half tackle for a loss against Cornell ... missed final three games due to injury ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021 Spring (Junior): Reserve linebacker lost season to injury ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in seven games on special teams ... also saw limited action at linebacker ... made seven tackles (six solo), with four coming at No. 20/18 Towson ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Freshman): Lone game action came in season opener against William & Mary ... reserve linebacker.
Malvern Preparatory School: Three-year letterwinner in football … two-time all-area … two-time all-Inter-Ac … 2017 and 2016 Inter-Ac champion … team went undefeated in league play en route to its 2016 title … also a two-year letterwinner in basketball.
Personal: Cole Nicholas McCabe … born March 7, 1999 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania … son of Sean and Nikki McCabe … has one younger sister: Shaunna … grandfather, John Pergine, was an All-American linebacker at Notre Dame and played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins … Pergine was a member of the 1966 Fighting Irish national championship team and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 … former Malvern Prep teammate, Ryan Betz, is also a member of Bucknell’s class of 2022 … major was political science.
2021 Spring (Junior): Reserve linebacker lost season to injury ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in seven games on special teams ... also saw limited action at linebacker ... made seven tackles (six solo), with four coming at No. 20/18 Towson ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Freshman): Lone game action came in season opener against William & Mary ... reserve linebacker.
Malvern Preparatory School: Three-year letterwinner in football … two-time all-area … two-time all-Inter-Ac … 2017 and 2016 Inter-Ac champion … team went undefeated in league play en route to its 2016 title … also a two-year letterwinner in basketball.
Personal: Cole Nicholas McCabe … born March 7, 1999 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania … son of Sean and Nikki McCabe … has one younger sister: Shaunna … grandfather, John Pergine, was an All-American linebacker at Notre Dame and played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins … Pergine was a member of the 1966 Fighting Irish national championship team and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 … former Malvern Prep teammate, Ryan Betz, is also a member of Bucknell’s class of 2022 … major was political science.
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