Ty Cooper
Ty Cooper
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 sacks against Tulane, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Philip Montgomery, Kevin Wilson, and Tre Lamb. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tre Lamb
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tulsa | 25 | 7 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 29 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 5 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 79 | 20 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Tulsa
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Tulsa
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -1 net (21 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tulsa · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #93
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zach Williams’s 2021 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Asyrus Simon's graduate season at UTSA (2024).
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