Ronald Cooper: CB · Georgia State · #25.
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Ronald Cooper
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Georgia State since. On tape: 4 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia State | 19 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-14vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-25@ Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-17@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-24vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-44@ Georgia Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs No. 23 James Madison | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42vs App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-56@ No. 15 LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-25@ Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-22vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Bowl · 2023
W 45-22
vs Utah State · neutral site
1 interception · 1 tackle · 1 solo tackle
Dominant 23-point win at a neutral site against Utah State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
19tackles this season19 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Elliott
Pass share
42.0%
366 pass / 506 run
Plays / game
67.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #244 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia State, 27 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
