#10

Cooper Rush

Quarterback for Central Michigan. 2016: 3,540 passing yards, 23 TD, 16 INT.

QB · Central Michigan · #10

6′3″ · Charlotte, MI

Central Michigan 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1306 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

Statement game493 yds · 7 TDvs Western Kentucky (FBS) · L 48-49

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Central Michigan. 2016: 3,540 passing yards, 23 TD, 16 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Central Michigan, 10,545 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Lansing Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1306 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Dan Enos

Central Michigan

2015–2016

John Bonamego

Central Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Central Michigan7-6HC: Dan Enos · Run-leaning

2015Central Michigan7-6HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (90th percentile). Concern: interceptions (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#17 / 167 · 90th pct

3540

Pass TDs#35 / 167 · 78th pct

Yards / att#59 / 167 · 63rd pct

7.6

Completion %#68 / 167 · 60th pct

59.8%

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Rush TDs#106 / 167 · 29th pct

Rush yards#133 / 167 · 21st pct

-21

Interceptions#164 / 167 · 2nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	258	2.2	8.1	1.0
Road7g	285	1.4	7.4	1.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	288	2.2	8.0	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	248	1.0	7.3	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Central Michigan	278	465	59.8%	3,540	7.6	23	16	133.2	--	--	--
2015	Central Michigan	324	489	66.3%	3,848	7.9	25	11	144.7	--	--	--
2014	Central Michigan	243	382	63.6%	3,157	8.3	27	13	149.6	--	--	--
Career		845	1,336	63.2%	10,545	7.9	75	40	142.1	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Central Michigan	68	-21	-0.3	1	--
2015	Central Michigan	63	48	0.8	3	--
2014	Central Michigan	46	-51	-1.1	0	--
Career		177	-24	-0.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 30–27

at Oklahoma State

368 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.9 · -4 rush yds (6 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With C. Mojsiejenko — 43 AVG · 46 LONG · 6 NO · M. Chapman — 7 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 49-3vs Presbyterian	16/26	237	1	2	9.1	46.0	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 30-27@ Oklahoma State	31/43	368	4	1	8.6	73.9	4 TD passes
Wk 3	W 44-21vs UNLV	20/33	352	6	0	10.7	94.5	6 TD passes
Wk 4	L 35-49@ Virginia	25/45	402	2	1	8.9	65.9	Season-high 402 yds
Wk 5	L 10-49vs Western Michigan	17/29	178	1	1	6.1	9.4
Wk 6	W 24-21vs Ball State	21/32	269	1	0	8.4	68.0
Wk 7	W 34-28@ Northern Illinois	19/35	254	3	2	7.3	67.1	3 TD passes
Wk 8	L 17-31@ Toledo	18/31	229	1	1	7.4	45.3
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Kent State	20/43	244	2	3	5.7	51.4	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 10	L 17-37@ Miami (OH)	21/32	242	0	1	7.6	62.3
Wk 12	W 27-20vs Ohio	25/32	268	2	0	8.4	82.2	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 13	L 21-26@ Eastern Michigan	21/35	256	0	1	7.3	50.3
Bowl	L 10-55@ Tulsa	24/49	241	0	3	4.9	11.6
Total		278/465	3540	23	16	7.7	56.0

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