Demetrius Cooper: DE · Michigan State · #98.
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Demetrius Cooper
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Two seasons in the Michigan State defensive front to date. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Northwestern — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Detroit News Oct 27
Detroit Free Press Oct 24
Lansing State Journal Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-10vs Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-14vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-10vs Iowa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 14-10@ No. 7 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-9vs Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-39@ Northwestern | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 27-24vs No. 7 Penn State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Maryland | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-7@ Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 42-17vs No. 21 Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 14 | 5.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Week 10 · 2017
W 27-24
vs Penn State
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
9%2 sacksTFL rate
19%6 TFLHurry rate
24%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
26%2 of 10 pressures29 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Mark Dantonio, all run-leaning offenses — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 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
Head Coach
Mark Dantonio
Pass share
44.3%
423 pass / 532 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
466 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan State, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Dantonio.
