Brandon Cottom

Brandon Tyler Cottom (born December 21, 1992) is an American former football fullback. He played college football at Purdue University. He competed on Survivor 44 in 2023.

College career Cottom committed to the Purdue Boilermakers football program on February 2, 2011. He 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.

Statistics

Att !! Yards !! Avg !! Yds/G !! TD !! Rec !! Yards !! TD !! Att !! Yards !! Avg !! TD !! Long 2011

2012

2013

2014

Career 77 !! 436 !! 5.7 !! 11.5 !! 3 !! 16 !! 188 !! 3 !! 5 !! 46 !! 9.2 !! 0 !! 15

Seattle Seahawks 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.

On August 20, 2016, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks with an injury designation.

On May 5, 2017, Cottom re-signed with the Seahawks. On May 15, 2017, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks.

Outside the NFL On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football.

On March 29, 2019, Cottom was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.

Survivor Cottom was cast to compete on the 44th season of the American reality TV series Survivor. He started the game on the Ratu tribe and was ultimately the 7th person voted out and the ninth person eliminated, placing 10th overall.