Defensive back, Maryland, 2023–26
Ricardo Cooper Jr.
- Number
- No. 25
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Baltimore, MD
Ricardo Cooper Jr. plays defensive back for Maryland. Last time out, against Rutgers: 1 tackles.
2026 so far
9 tackles
Last game: 1 tackles vs. Rutgers, L 30–37
Next game: vs. Illinois, Oct 31
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
Returns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Maryland | 25 | DB | RS | ||
| 2024 | Maryland | 25 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2025 | Maryland | 25 | DB | So. | ||
| 2026 | Maryland | 25 | DB | Jr. | 5′9″ | 175 |
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
2026 Maryland 4 games, 9 tackles
2025 Maryland 6 games, 6 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Sacks | Int | PD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 39–7 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Towson | W 44–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | at Wisconsin | W 27–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. Nebraska | L 31–34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | – |
| Oct 18 | at UCLA | L 17–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. Michigan State | L 28–38 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | – |
2024 Maryland 2 games, 4 returns, 36 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Sacks | Int | PD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. UConn | W 50–7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Northwestern | L 10–37 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 22 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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