| Brandon Cottom | |
| Number: | 42 |
| Position: | Fullback |
| Birth Date: | 21 December 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Newtown, Pennsylvania |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 262 |
| High School: | Newtown (PA) Council Rock North |
| College: | Purdue |
| Undraftedyear: | 2015 |
| Pastteams: | |
Brandon Tyler Cottom (born December 21, 1992) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Purdue University.[1]
Cottom committed to the Purdue on February 2, 2011.[2] Cottom played all four years with the Boilermakers, playing in 38 games over that span. Cottom scored 6 touchdowns, 436 rushing yards with an average of 5.7 yards per carry.[3]
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | Kickoff returns | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yards | Avg | Yds/G | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Long | ||
| 2011 | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 23 | 209 | 9.1 | 16.1 | 2 | 7 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | |
| 2013 | 45 | 154 | 3.4 | 17.1 | 1 | 7 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | -- | |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| NCAA career totals | 77 | 436 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 3 | 16 | 188 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 15 | |
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On May 2, 2015, Cottom was signed by the Seahawks. On August 31, 2015, he was waived. On September 1, 2015, Cottom was placed on injured reserve. On September 3, 2015, he was waived by the Seahawks. On November 16, 2015, Cottom was re-signed to the practice squad.[4]
On August 20, 2016, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks with an injury designation.[5]
On May 5, 2017, Cottom re-signed with the Seahawks.[6] On May 15, 2017, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks.[7]
On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football.[8]
On March 29, 2019, Cottom was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.
Cottom was cast to compete on the 44th season of the American reality TV series Survivor.[9] He started the game on the Ratu tribe and was ultimately the 7th person voted out and the ninth person eliminated, placing 10th overall.