Devaughn Cooper

Senior wide receiver for Syracuse. 2022: 36 catches, 485 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Syracuse · Sr. · #7

5′11″ · 185 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 48 · #231 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceSyracuse 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 580 nationally · Signed with Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Syracuse. 2022: 36 catches, 485 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

7 seasons at Syracuse, 1,362 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 114 yds at Minnesota.Minnesota · L 20-282022

2016

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Narbonne

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#580 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2016–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2022

1 coach

2016–2022

Dino Babers

Syracuse

Played his entire career under Dino Babers.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #231 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#162 / 636 · 74th pct

18.2%

Yards / catch#212 / 636 · 67th pct

13.4

TD rate#287 / 636 · 55th pct

6.8%

Catch rate#303 / 636 · 52nd pct

79.5%

EPA / target#355 / 636 · 44th pct

0.64

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#227 / 550 · 59th pct

485

Receptions#228 / 550 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#239 / 550 · 56th pct

13.5

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Long catch#448 / 550 · 18th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

16th → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

18th → 74th percentile

Catch rate

38th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

7th → 55th percentile

Yards / catch

18th → 67th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	29.8	11.0	0.2
Road6g	3.7	51.0	13.8	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	45.1	12.5	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	33.8	12.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #231 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #231 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Syracuse	36	485	13.5	3	--
2021	Syracuse	21	199	9.5	0	--
2020	UTEP	10	136	13.6	1	--
2019	UTEP	10	147	14.7	0	--
2018	Arizona	18	368	20.4	0	--
2017	Arizona	2	12	6.0	0	--
2016	Arizona	1	15	15.0	0	--
Career		98	1,362	13.9	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 31–7

vs Louisville

4 rec · 60 yds

Dominant 24-point win at home against Louisville.

With G. Shrader — 237 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.3 · 95 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · S. Tucker — 98 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Virginia · 3&18 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 18 yds to the Virg 25 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Wagner · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 22 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90LeQuint Allen pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 33 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 1 · Minnesota · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 28 yds to the Minn 18 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Boston College · 1&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Devaughn Cooper 8 Yd pass from Garrett Shrader (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 1 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.31Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 31 yds to the Minn 34 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Minnesota · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.19Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 12 yds to the Syrac 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.42Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 18 yds to the WFrst 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.42Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 21 yds to the Syrac 35 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Boston College · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 8 yds to the BC 3 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Louisville	4	60	15.0	0	23	Season-high 114 yds
Wk 2	W 48-14@ UConn	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 32-29vs Purdue	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 4	W 22-20vs Virginia	2	27	13.5	0	18
Wk 5	W 59-0vs Wagner	4	64	16.0	1	22
Wk 7	W 24-9vs NC State	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 8	L 21-27@ Clemson	2	27	13.5	0	25
Wk 10	L 9-19@ Pittsburgh	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 3-38vs Florida State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 12	L 35-45@ Wake Forest	2	51	25.5	1	33
Wk 13	W 32-23@ Boston College	7	80	11.4	1	23
Bowl	L 20-28@ Minnesota	7	114	16.3	0	31
Total		36	485	12.4	3	33

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