University of Arizona Athletics

2018: Played in 11 games with six starts, including each of final four games, at the Spur position…Ranked third on the team with six pass breakups and finished seventh on the squad with 35 total tackles, including 1.0 tackles-for-loss…Registered six tackles – five solo – with a pass breakup against ASU (Nov. 24)…Posted five solo tackles at Washington State (Nov. 17)…Tallied four tackles and a pass breakup in victory over Colorado (Nov. 2)…Broke up a pass and notched two tackles in upset of No. 19 Oregon (Oct. 27)…Registered a tackle-for-loss and totaled three tackles at UCLA (Oct. 20)…Played but did not record stats at Utah (Oct. 12)…Turned in a solo tackle in victory over California (Oct. 6)…Broke up a pair of passes and chipped in two tackles against USC (Sept. 29)…Started at Spur and recorded four solo tackles in win at Oregon State (Sept. 22)…Turned in a season-high seven tackles – all solo – with a pass breakup in victory over Southern Utah (Sept. 15)…Missed road contest at Houston (Sept. 8)…Earned start at Spur  and collected two tackles in opener against BYU (Sept. 1).

2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve in the secondary and as a special teams contributor … Totaled five tackles on the season …. Collected two solo stops in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Combined for two tackles in road victory at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Recorded first tackle of season in road victory at UTEP (Sept. 15).

2016: Played in 11 of 12 contests, including five starts as a true freshman at the “spur” safety position … Made collegiate debut with six tackles in home-opening victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Made first career start and posted season-high eight tackles – all unassisted – along with a pass breakup in victory over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Started and recorded three tackles, including one for loss, while forcing a fumble against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Made third started of season and registered seven total tackles at Washington State (Nov. 5) … Recorded first career sack and tallied six stops in start at Oregon State (Nov. 19) … Collected three tackles in season-ending Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25).

High School: Graduated in 2016 from Andress High School in El Paso, Texas … Named a three-star recruit by ESPN … Rated 120th best safety by ESPN … Team captain as senior … First Team All-City and First Team All-District as junior and senior … A Second Team All-District selection as sophomore … Played basketball freshman and sophomore years.

Personal: Son of Michael and Joyce Cooper…Father played football at North Texas…Has three brothers, Mike, Jeremiah and Elijah, and one sister, Hannah…Majoring in Psychology.