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Cooper Legas

QB · Tulsa · Sr · #5

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETETulsa 2024 — college career complete

QB · TULSA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Cooper Legas

  • 4
  • #5
  • 6-1 | 216 lb
  • Orem, UT

CFB Zeitgeist QB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#439

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2024
1712021
1,4992022
1,8152023
1,1442024

+569%

Up 569% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2178 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey5
Measurements6-1 | 216 lb
HometownOrem, UT
Primary teamTulsa

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2178 recruit
Composite rating 0.8133 HighSchool
Signed with Utah State 2019
Origin Orem Orem, UT, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 3-star | 0.8133 No. 2178 recruit | HighSchool | Utah State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#439Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#625Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Utah State

Composite

0.8133

#2178 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Cooper Legas

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Cooper Legas

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Cooper Legas's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Tulsa, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #439 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 31.5% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 1,144 12 TD | 6 INT | #137/382 (64th pct)
Completion rate 53.7% 87/162 completions | #292/383 (24th pct)
Yards/attempt 7.1 Explosiveness through the air | #165/382 (57th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Steady volume | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Steady volumeDual-threat

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
87 62nd
ATT
162 66th
CMP%
53.7% 24th
Y/A
7.1 57th

Passing Production

YDS
1,144 64th
TD
12 79th
INT
6 28th

Rushing

CAR
79 80th
YDS
201 79th
YPC
2.5 46th
TD
1 63rd

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Utah State10-3HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning
2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning
2024Tulsa3-9HC: Kevin Wilson · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2024Tulsa8716253.7%1,1447.1126130.1----
2023Utah State13821364.8%1,8158.5198158.3----
2022Utah State13522161.1%1,4996.81110125.4----
2021Utah State112055.0%1718.621149.8----
Career4 loaded seasons37161660.2%4,6297.54425138.8----
SeasonTeam
2024Tulsa792012.51--
2023Utah State681221.80--
2022Utah State1073032.82--
2021Utah State8-14-1.80--
Career4 loaded seasons2626122.33--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact 201 1 rush TD | #86/408 (79th pct)
Usage 31.5% 43.7% pass share | 19.2% rush share | #175/428 (59th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.33 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #57/200 (72nd pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 1,144 #137/382 64th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 12 #88/407 79th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 87 #145/383 62nd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 53.7% #292/383 24th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 7.1 #165/382 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 201 #86/408 79th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.33 #57/200 72nd pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 178 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 31.5% #175/428 59th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 162 #138/407 66th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 6 #294/407 28th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 79 #82/408 80th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 33 #99/391 75th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 2.5 #222/407 46th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #151/408 63rd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 43.7% #196/428 54th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 38.6% #186/428 57th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 38.1% #188/428 56th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 32.8% #171/428 60th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 28.0% #169/428 61st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 26.3% #177/428 59th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 19.2% #70/428 84th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.15 #115/140 19th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 74 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #69/258 74th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

Pass share

45.9%

407 pass / 480 run

Plays / game

73.9

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.2%

357 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches
2021
Philip Montgomery
Tulsa
2022
Philip Montgomery
Tulsa
2023
Kevin Wilson
Tulsa
era →
2024
Kevin Wilson
Tulsa

Coaching transition mid-career: Philip Montgomery → Kevin Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownOrem, UT
Height6'1"
Weight216 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey5

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Tulsa QB4 #439 #625 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 Utah State QB4 #346 #505 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West
2022 Utah State QB4 #511 #738 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West
2021 Utah State QB4 #867 #899 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Tulsa American Athletic QB 4 No. 5 | 6-1 | 216 lb | Orem, UT
2023 Utah State Mountain West QB 4 No. 5 | 6-1 | 216 lb | Orem, UT
2022 Utah State Mountain West QB 4 No. 5 | 6-1 | 216 lb | Orem, UT
2021 Utah State Mountain West QB 4 No. 5 | 6-1 | 216 lb | Orem, UT