Safety, LSU (from Maryland, NC State), 2023–26
Tamarcus Cooley
Lettered 2024 at NC State (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 0
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Knightdale, NC
Tamarcus Cooley plays safety for LSU, after Maryland (2023) and NC State (2024). Last time out, against Mississippi State: 6 tackles. Cooley leads LSU in interceptions this season.
2026 so far
21 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
Last game: 6 tackles vs. Mississippi State, W 31–0
Next game: at Auburn, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
11tackles, career highvs. Houston, 20252interceptions, career highvs. East Carolina, 2024Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
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 | 0 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2024 | NC State | 0 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2025 | LSU | 0 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2026 | LSU | 0 | S | Jr. (Yr 4) | 6′0″ | 206 |
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 LSU 6 games, 21 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 45–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | at Ole Miss | L 24–32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Texas A&M | W 35–6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. McNeese | W 63–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at Kentucky | L 34–35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Mississippi State | W 31–0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 LSU 12 games, 70 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Clemson | W 17–10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 23–7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Florida | W 20–10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | atOle Miss | L 19–24 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs. South Carolina | W 20–10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | at Vanderbilt | L 24–31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs.Texas A&M | L 25–49 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Alabama | L 9–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Arkansas | W 23–22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 13–10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Oklahoma | L 13–17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Houston | L 35–38 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 NC State 12 games, 39 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Western Carolina | W 38–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Tennessee | L 10–51 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 30–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 24–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Wake Forest | L 30–34 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Syracuse | L 17–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at California | W 24–23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Stanford | W 59–28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Duke | L 19–29 | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Georgia Tech | L 29–30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 30 | at North Carolina | W 35–30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. East Carolina | L 21–26 | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2023 Maryland 2 games, 4 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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