#97

Cooper Lanz

Senior defensive lineman for Baylor. 2025: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Baylor · Sr. · #97

6′4″ · 286 lb · Denton, TX

CFB Index 59 · #122 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Baylor for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETvs Louisiana TechMcLane StadiumBaylor by 19.5

The numbers

sack · 2025

3 TFL · 33 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs UCF

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Baylor. 2025: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2021.
1 sack in 2024. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 72nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Cooper Lanz

DL · Baylor · Sr · #97

Wins his gap play after play. Fourth year in the Baylor defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against TCU, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Aranda — 22-28 over that span.

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2023Baylor3-9HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #122 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.2
Road5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #122 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #122 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #11 of 35 Big 12 DLs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Baylor	33	17	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
2024	Baylor	16	9	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2023	Baylor	33	17	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Baylor	5	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		87	48	7.0	3.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 48–45

at SMU

2 SOLO · 4 TOT

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 440 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · J. Cameron — 9 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-38vs Auburn	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 48-45@ SMU	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Samford	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Oklahoma State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-34vs Kansas State	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 36-42@ TCU	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9	L 20-41@ Cincinnati	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-3vs UCF	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 28-55vs Utah	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Arizona	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Houston	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		33	17	3.0	1.0	—	1

The defensive line · Baylor

#13Garrick PonderDE · Sr.11.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#91Traevon MitchellDL · Sr.6 tackles for loss · 2025
#9Ryan DavisDE · Sr.5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#99Jamaal WhyceDL · Sr.4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#97Cooper LanzDL · Sr.3 tackles for loss · 2025

20 more on the roster · Baylor team page

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

Cooper Lanz

2021

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

The defensive line · Baylor