#42

Cooper Edmiston

Senior linebacker for Tulsa. 2019: 106 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Tulsa · Sr. · #42

6′3″ · 241 lb · Gatesville, TX

Tulsa 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 3637 nationally · Signed with Tulsa

Statement game17 tacklesat UConn (FBS) · L 14-20

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Tulsa. 2019: 106 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Tulsa in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulsa, 343 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20167 games

Signed with Tulsa2-star out of Gatesville

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3637 national

CFB

College

Tulsa

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

Played his entire career under Philip Montgomery.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 19-30 over that span.

2016Tulsa10-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Tulsa2-10HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2018Tulsa3-9HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2019Tulsa4-8HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#40 / 2688 · 99th pct

106

Solo tackles#176 / 2688 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#940 / 2688 · 63rd pct

3.5

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.0	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	8.7	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	9.3	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.3	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Tulsa	106	47	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2018	Tulsa	113	47	7.5	0.5	1	4	1
2017	Tulsa	106	55	2.0	0.0	--	1	--
2016	Tulsa	18	9	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		343	158	13.0	1.5	2	5	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2019

W 34–31

vs UCF

9 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.

With T. Bennett — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 62 LONG · K. Stokes — 11 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-28@ Michigan State	8	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-16@ San José State	11	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 21-40vs Oklahoma State	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 24-21vs Wyoming	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 37-43@ SMU	10	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-45vs Navy	12	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-24@ Cincinnati	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 41-42vs Memphis	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 26-38@ Tulane	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 34-31vs UCF	9	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-24vs Houston	13	4	2.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 14	W 49-24@ East Carolina	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		106	47	3.5	1.0	—	1

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