Ryan Cooper Jr.

Senior defensive back for Oregon State. 2023: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 37 tackles.

DB · Oregon State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 187 lb · San Jose, CA

CFB Index 60 · #121 of 339 cornersLow confidenceOregon State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 78 nationally · Joined Oregon State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Oregon State. 2023: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Oregon State, 77 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

202212 games

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of College of San Mateo

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#78 national

CFB

College

Oregon State

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 18-8 over that span.

2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy

2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

60Quality starter #121 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#95 / 2842 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#816 / 2842 · 70th pct

Tackles#983 / 2842 · 65th pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Sacks#1326 / 2842 · 50th pct

0.5

Tackles for loss#1669 / 2842 · 38th pct

1.5

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.1	0.1	1.0
Road4g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.2	0.1	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #121 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #121 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oregon State	37	24	1.5	0.5	7	1	--
2022	Oregon State	40	24	3.0	1.0	9	3	--
Career		77	48	4.5	1.5	16	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 36–24

vs UCLA

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TD

With D. Uiagalelei — 266 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · -7 rush yds (3 car) · S. Bolden — 5 rec · 87 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-17@ San José State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 55-7vs UC Davis	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 26-9vs San Diego State	4	1	0.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 4	L 35-38@ Washington State	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Utah	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 36-24vs UCLA	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 26-19@ Colorado	8	7	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	W 62-17vs Stanford	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 20-22vs Washington	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	L 7-31@ Oregon	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	24	1.5	0.5	1	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ryan Cooper Jr.

202212 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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