#98

Demetrius Cooper

Defensive end for Michigan State. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DE · Michigan State · #98

6′6″ · 249 lb · Chicago, IL

Michigan State 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive end for Michigan State. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Michigan State, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Michigan State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mark Dantonio, all run-leaning offenses — 13-12 over that span.

2016Michigan State3-9HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2017Michigan State10-3HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#42 / 2682 · 98th pct

Sacks#401 / 2682 · 84th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#516 / 2682 · 79th pct

5.5

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Tackles#1395 / 2682 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1586 / 2682 · 39th 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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.1
Road3g	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.9	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Michigan State	29	14	5.5	2.5	1	--	--
2016	Michigan State	23	14	6.0	2.5	--	--	--
Career		52	28	11.5	5.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2017

W 27–24

vs Penn State

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Lewerke — 400 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 25 rush yds (7 car) · J. Hartbarger — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week