Cooper Legas: QB · Tulsa · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cooper Legas
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2024: AAC Offensive Player of the Week. On tape: 333 passing yards and 46 rushing yards against UTSA, Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
73.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 17.2% conversion-per-dropback — 73.7% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tulsa | 87 | 162 | 53.7% | 1,144 | 7.1 | 12 | 6 | 130.1 | 34 |
| 2023 | Utah State | 138 | 213 | 64.8% | 1,815 | 8.5 | 19 | 8 | 158.3 | 62 |
| 2022 | Utah State | 135 | 221 | 61.1% | 1,499 | 6.8 | 11 | 10 | 125.4 | 45 |
| 2021 | Utah State | 11 | 20 | 55.0% | 171 | 8.6 | 2 | 1 | 149.8 | -- |
| Career | 371 | 616 | 60.2% | 4,629 | 7.5 | 44 | 25 | 138.8 | 49 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tulsa | 79 | 201 | 2.5 | 1 | 33 |
| 2023 | Utah State | 68 | 122 | 1.8 | 0 | 24 |
| 2022 | Utah State | 107 | 303 | 2.8 | 2 | 32 |
| 2021 | Utah State | 8 | −14 | −1.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Career | 262 | 612 | 2.3 | 3 | 33 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-28vs Northwestern State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-45vs No. 13 Oklahoma State | 2/3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 25.3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-52@ North Texas | 2/3 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 97.7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-49vs Army | 4/7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.8 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-20@ Temple | 3/4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 27.7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 46-45vs UTSA | 16/31 | 333 | 5 | 0 | 10.7 | 45.3 | Season-high 333 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 21-59@ UAB | 21/38 | 230 | 2 | 1 | 6.1 | 13.9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-38vs East Carolina | 20/32 | 293 | 3 | 1 | 9.2 | 49.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | L 30-63@ South Florida | 10/25 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 14 | L 16-63vs Florida Atlantic | 9/19 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 87/162 | 1144 | 12 | 6 | 7.1 | — |
Week 9 · 2024
W 46-45
vs UTSA
333 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.3 · 46 rush yds (13 car)
Edged out UTSA at home in a shootout.
With A. Davies — 40.4 yards per punt · 8 punts · 49 long · K. Benjamin — 7 rec · 125 yds · 3 TD
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 158 passing plays (84 completions) against the box score's 162 attempts (87 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.32103 of 205 QBsSack rate
6.4%126 of 205 QBsSacked on 6.4% of dropbacks (126 of 205) — and still 103 of 205 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 53.7% completion on 162 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 30.3 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 123 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 101 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 23.8 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 175 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Wilson
Pass share
49.3%
437 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
73.9
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
162 pass attempts and 79 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #119 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Utah State and Tulsa, 4,629 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Gary Andersen, Frank Maile, Blake Anderson and Kevin Wilson.
