Edgerrin Cooper in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Papo cervantes, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Texas A&M, 2020–⁠23

Edgerrin Cooper

Number
No. 45
Height
6′3″
Weight
230 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Covington, LA
Born
Nov 17, 2001

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Edgerrin Cooper played linebacker at Texas A&M (2020–⁠23). He was a consensus All‑American in 2023. The Green Bay Packers took Cooper in round 2, No. 45 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
83
Tackles, 2023 (Texas A&M, 7–⁠6)
Best game
11 tackles
Vs. Alabama, week 6, 2023: No. 3 defensive game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 45
Round 2, 2024 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Career highs

11tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Mississippi State, 20233sacks, career highvs. Alabama, 2023

Honors

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2020Texas A&M2200000
2021Texas A&M58375.50.5112
2022Texas A&M613380155
2023Texas A&M834218.59.5029
Career20411432102816

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Texas A&M45LBYr 1
2021Texas A&M45LBYr 2
2022Texas A&M45LBYr 3
2023Texas A&M45LBJr. (Yr 4)6′3″230

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 Texas A&M 12 games, 83 tackles, 9.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.New MexicoW 52–⁠10843000
Sep 9atMiamiL 33–⁠48631000
Sep 16vs.UL MonroeW 47–⁠3210000
Sep 23vs.AuburnW 27–⁠10853200
Sep 30vs.ArkansasW 34–⁠22643200
Oct 7vs.AlabamaL 20–⁠261163300
Oct 14atTennesseeL 13–⁠20421.5000
Oct 28vs.South CarolinaW 30–⁠17762101
Nov 4atOle MissL 35–⁠387010.500
Nov 11vs.Mississippi StateW 51–⁠101160000
Nov 18vs.Abilene ChristianW 38–⁠10520001
Nov 25atLSUL 30–⁠42831100
2022 Texas A&M 11 games, 61 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Sam HoustonW 31–⁠0321000
Sep 10vs.App StateL 14–⁠171050000
Sep 17vs.MiamiW 17–⁠9530.5002
Sep 24vs.ArkansasW 23–⁠21531001
Oct 1atMississippi StateL 24–⁠42610.5001
Oct 8atAlabamaL 20–⁠24852000
Oct 29vs.Ole MissL 28–⁠31110000
Nov 5vs.FloridaL 24–⁠41740.5000
Nov 12atAuburnL 10–⁠13211010
Nov 19vs.MassachusettsW 20–⁠3730.5001
Nov 26vs.LSUW 38–⁠23751000
2021 Texas A&M 12 games, 58 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.Kent StateW 41–⁠10520000
Sep 11vs.ColoradoW 10–⁠7110000
Sep 18vs.New MexicoW 34–⁠0331010
Sep 25vs.ArkansasL 10–⁠20330000
Oct 2vs.Mississippi StateL 22–⁠26100000
Oct 9vs.AlabamaW 41–⁠38530001
Oct 16atMissouriW 35–⁠14871000
Oct 23vs.South CarolinaW 44–⁠14530000
Nov 6vs.AuburnW 20–⁠3761000
Nov 13atOle MissL 19–⁠291162000
Nov 20vs.Prairie View A&MW 52–⁠3500.50.500
Nov 27atLSUL 24–⁠27430000
2020 Texas A&M 2 games, 2 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 7atSouth CarolinaW 48–⁠3110000
Nov 28vs.LSUW 20–⁠7110000

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024Combine or pro day 2024
Height6′2⅛″
Weight230 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan80¼″W
40-yard dash4.51 s
10-yard split1.54 s
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump9′10″
3-cone drill7.20 s
20-yard shuttle4.27 s

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, 34 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2024Green Bay Packers14803.51
2025Green Bay Packers161160.50
2026 (so far)Green Bay Packers42731
NFL career3422372

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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