#41

Deshon Cooper

Senior defensive end for Georgia Southern. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

DE · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #41

6′3″ · 250 lb · Atlanta, GA

Georgia Southern 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Georgia Southern. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Georgia Southern, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2018

2 coaches

2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

2018

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1842 / 2662 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Solo tackles#2286 / 2662 · 12th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	1.3	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 37-6vs South Carolina State	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	L 7-38@ 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 23-21@ Eastern Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		21	7	2.5	1.0	—	1

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

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays