With the Philadelphia Eagles. Photo: Arlington National Cemetery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Iowa, 2021–⁠23

Cooper DeJean

Number: No. 3
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 207 lb
Class (2023): Junior
Hometown: Odebolt, IA
Born: Feb 9, 2003

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Cooper DeJean played defensive back at Iowa (2021–⁠23). He was a consensus All‑American in 2023. The Philadelphia Eagles took DeJean in round 2, No. 40 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Best season: 68; Tackles, 2022 (Iowa, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 40; Round 2, 2024 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

11tackles, career highvs. Iowa State, 2022

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠4AP 238–⁠510–⁠4AP 24

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2021	Iowa	4	3	0	0	0
2022	Iowa	68	53	2	5	8
2023	Iowa	41	26	2	2	5
Career		113	82	4	7	13

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2021	Iowa	1	20	0	–	–	–
2022	Iowa	–	–	–	10	165	0
2023	Iowa	–	–	–	21	241	1
Career		1	20	0	31	406	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2021	Iowa	3	DB	Fr.
2022	Iowa	3	DB	So.
2023	Iowa	3	DB	Jr.	6′1″	207

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2023 Iowa 10 games, 41 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Utah State	W 24–⁠14	7	4	0	0	0
Sep 9	atIowa State	W 20–⁠13	10	6	0.5	0	1
Sep 16	vs.Western Michigan	W 41–⁠10	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 23	atPenn State	L 0–⁠31	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Michigan State	W 26–⁠16	6	4	0	1	0
Oct 7	vs.Purdue	W 20–⁠14	3	2	0	1	1
Oct 14	atWisconsin	W 15–⁠6	3	2	1	0	1
Oct 21	vs.Minnesota	L 10–⁠12	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	vs.Northwestern	W 10–⁠7	3	2	0.5	0	1
Nov 11	vs.Rutgers	W 22–⁠0	0	0	0	0	1

2022 Iowa 13 games, 68 tackles, 5 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.South Dakota State	W 7–⁠3	4	2	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Iowa State	L 7–⁠10	11	6	0	1	2
Sep 17	vs.Nevada	W 27–⁠0	2	2	0	1	2
Sep 24	atRutgers	W 27–⁠10	7	5	0	1	1
Oct 1	vs.Michigan	L 14–⁠27	7	5	0	0	0
Oct 8	atIllinois	L 6–⁠9	6	6	0	0	0
Oct 22	atOhio State	L 10–⁠54	5	5	0	0	1
Oct 29	vs.Northwestern	W 33–⁠13	4	4	0	0	0
Nov 5	atPurdue	W 24–⁠3	4	3	0	0	1
Nov 12	vs.Wisconsin	W 24–⁠10	10	7	1	1	0
Nov 19	atMinnesota	W 13–⁠10	7	7	1	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Nebraska	L 17–⁠24	1	1	0	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Kentucky	W 21–⁠0	0	0	0	1	1

2021 Iowa 4 games, 4 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 30	atWisconsin	L 7–⁠27	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 20	vs.Illinois	W 33–⁠23	2	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 4	vs.Michigan	L 3–⁠42	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Kentucky	L 17–⁠20	1	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2024	Combine or pro day 2024
Height	6′0½″
Weight	203 lb
Arm length	31⅛″
Hand size	9⅝″
Wingspan		74⅞″^W
40-yard dash		4.42 s^W
10-yard split		1.52 s^W
Vertical jump		38½″^W
Broad jump		10′4″^W
Bench press		16 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 35 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Pro Bowl: 2025 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2025

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2025.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2024	Philadelphia Eagles	14	50	0.5	0
2025	Philadelphia Eagles	16	92	0	2
2026 (so far)	Philadelphia Eagles	5	32	0	1
NFL career		35	174	0.5	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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