Deshon Cooper: DE · Georgia Southern · #41.
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Deshon Cooper
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for two head coaches at Georgia Southern: Tyson Summers and Chad Lunsford. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Troy — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 21 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 25 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 7 |
| Career | 46 | 18 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-6vs South Carolina State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-38@ No. 2 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-21vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-13vs South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-31@ New Mexico State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 25-44@ UL Monroe | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-35vs Troy | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-17@ Coastal Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-14@ Georgia State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 23-21vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 37-6
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 31-point win at home against South Carolina State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
5%1 sackTFL rate
12%2 TFL21 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
15.6%
117 pass / 632 run
Plays / game
57.6
13 games
Team sack rate
12.9%
139 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Southern, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Tyson Summers, and Chad Lunsford. Multi-era developmental context.
