Pharoh Cooper in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, South Carolina, 2013–⁠15

Pharoh Cooper

Number
No. 11
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Havelock, NC
Born
Mar 7, 1995, in Havelock, North Carolina

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Pharoh Cooper played receiver at South Carolina (2013–⁠15). The Los Angeles Rams took Cooper in round 4, No. 117 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,136
Receiving yards, 2014 (South Carolina, 7–⁠6)
Best game
233 yards
Vs. Tennessee, week 10, 2014: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 117
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams)

Career highs

81rushing yards, career highvs. Coastal Carolina, 201311catches, career hightwice; last vs. The Citadel, 2015233receiving yards, career highvs. Tennessee, 20142receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Tennessee, 2014

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013South Carolina35418.0124
2014South Carolina691,13616.5985
2015South Carolina6697314.7878
Career1382,16315.71885

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2013South Carolina1635909400
2014South Carolina–––15750
2015South Carolina–––12550
Career163590361700

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013South Carolina2020210.1171
2014South Carolina272007.4270
2015South Carolina241114.6129
Career715137.2471

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.PosHt
2013South Carolina11WR
2014South Carolina11WR
2015South Carolina11WR5′11″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013South Carolina230.28––6.36%
2014South Carolina1350.7279th (n=496)0.5297.114%
2015South Carolina1350.4740th (n=465)0.5362.817%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 South Carolina 12 games, 66 catches, 973 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.North CarolinaW 17–⁠133451–––
Sep 12vs.KentuckyL 22–⁠2691000––2
Sep 19atGeorgiaL 20–⁠52160––1
Sep 26vs.UCFW 31–⁠144691––2
Oct 3atMissouriL 10–⁠2491020–––
Oct 10atLSUL 24–⁠4571051–––
Oct 17vs.VanderbiltW 19–⁠1071601––1
Oct 31atTexas A&ML 28–⁠354220–––
Nov 7atTennesseeL 24–⁠274471––1
Nov 14vs.FloridaL 14–⁠243401––3
Nov 21vs.The CitadelL 22–⁠23111911––2
Nov 28vs.ClemsonL 32–⁠374861–––
2014 South Carolina 13 games, 69 catches, 1,136 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 28vs.Texas A&ML 28–⁠523581–––
Sep 6vs.East CarolinaW 33–⁠235450––1
Sep 13vs.GeorgiaW 38–⁠353271––1
Sep 20atVanderbiltW 48–⁠34101140––1
Sep 27vs.MissouriL 20–⁠213521––2
Oct 4atKentuckyL 38–⁠456831––1
Oct 18vs.FurmanW 41–⁠103470––2
Oct 25atAuburnL 35–⁠4271272––1
Nov 1vs.TennesseeL 42–⁠45112332–––
Nov 15atFloridaW 23–⁠204400––1
Nov 22vs.South AlabamaW 37–⁠123950––3
Nov 29atClemsonL 17–⁠352450––1
Dec 27 ✦vs.MiamiW 24–⁠2191701––1
2013 South Carolina 9 games, 25 returns, 399 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 5vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠281120–––
Oct 12atArkansasW 52–⁠7–––––3
Oct 19atTennesseeL 21–⁠23–––3582
Oct 26atMissouriW 27–⁠24–––2422
Nov 2vs.Mississippi StateW 34–⁠16–––250–
Nov 16vs.FloridaW 19–⁠14–––239–
Nov 23vs.Coastal CarolinaW 70–⁠1024212472
Nov 30vs.ClemsonW 31–⁠17–––280–
Jan 1 ✦vs.WisconsinW 34–⁠24–––343–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height5′11⅛″
Weight203 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan75″W
40-yard dash4.65 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.15 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 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

7 seasons, 72 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

Pro Bowl: 2017 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2017

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017; AP second team 2017; Pro Football Writers first team 2017; Sporting News first team 2017.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Los Angeles Rams9141060
2017Los Angeles Rams1611840
2018Arizona Cardinals7000
2019Arizona Cardinals12252431
2020Carolina Panthers155730
2021New York Giants84330
2022Arizona Cardinals5260
NFL career72615451

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). 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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