Cooper Mays
Cooper Mays: OL · Tennessee · #63.
Cooper Mays
All-America (SI) in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Tennessee in the news
Where to follow
Awards
A four-star recruit at offensive line for Tennessee -- now a real, honored All-American.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
The unit he anchors ranks 21st nationally in stuff rate allowed this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Tennessee has produced 8 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 5 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2014. Cade Mays went on to the NFL out of this room (2022).
Selector Grid · 2024
Five seasons at Tennessee
- 2024 Tennessee HeupelYear 5 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-AmericaAll-conference
- 2023 Tennessee HeupelYear 4 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2022 Tennessee HeupelYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2021 Tennessee HeupelYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2020 Tennessee PruittYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school Knoxville CatholicKnoxville, TN · Class of 2020Four-star, No. 310 in the 2020 class. Signed with Tennessee.Also from Knoxville Catholic: Tyreek King (Tennessee), Chaz Smith (Notre Dame), Jeremy George-El (Tennessee) and 1 more.
How it ended
an All-American season (2024) — the college career is complete.
2020
- Signed with TennesseeFour-star, out of Knoxville Catholic
2022
- All-SEC
2023
- All-SECsecond
2024
- All-America3 selectors
- All-SECfirst
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
named by 3 selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.