Coleson Arends holds the TE · Backup spot in Western Kentucky Hilltoppers’s tight end room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Coleson Arends is a tight end from Phoenix, Arizona who prepped at Pinnacle High School as a two-way player. In his senior season, he recorded 25 receptions for 331 yards and five touchdowns. Arends began his college career at Arizona State, redshirting in 2023. During the 2024 season, he appeared in all 14 games primarily on special teams, recording 130 snaps in that role while seeing offensive snaps in several contests. He appeared in one game in his final season with the Sun Devils before transferring to Western Kentucky as a redshirt junior.