Junior wide receiver for San José State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 200 lb · Costa Mesa, CA · Corona del Mar HS
The numbers
receiving yards · 2026
14 catches · 3 TD · 15.4 per catch
3 games into 2026 so far
The play that turned itSwung San José State from 31% to 65% to win.San José State at Eastern Michigan · 27-21
WAY TO GO COOPER HOCH! TOUCHDOWN!!!r/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver for San José State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.
EPA / target: 83rd percentile.
The full scouting readCooper Hoch
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. He has spent three seasons in the San José State receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 115 rec yds, 5 receptions against Eastern Michigan, Week 1, 2026.
216 REC YDS · 14 REC · 3 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 12-16 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / target (83rd percentile). Strength: rec tds (83rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 7.0 | 77.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 69.5 | 17.5 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.7 | 72.0 | 15.3 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
51.0%
106 pass / 102 run
Plays / game
69.3
3 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
110 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San José State | 14 | 216 | 15.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2025 | San José State | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | San José State | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 29 | 335 | 11.6 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San José State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | San José State | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
| 2024 | San José State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 30–20
vs Cal Poly
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-42@ USC | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 115 yds |
| Wk 1 | W 27-21@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 2 | 51 | Season-high 115 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 30-20vs Cal Poly | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Total | 14 | 216 | 15.3 | 3 | 51 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
San José State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · San José State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
San José State · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #110 · 2026 recruiting class #129
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Juwan Brescacin’s 2014 season.
Matches Juwan on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Lujuan Winningham’s path through Central Arkansas.
Lujuan Winningham
Jalen Kelsey
Julius Young
Matches Lujuan on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Knowles's junior season at Kansas State (2020).
Matches Malik on
Differs from Malik on
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