Devaughn Cooper

#7 · WR · Sr. · Syracuse5′11″ · 185 lb · Los Angeles, CA · Narbonne

Devaughn Cooper: WR · Syracuse · #7.

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Devaughn Cooper

WR · Syracuse · Sr · #7

Moves the chains on third down. Played for four head coaches at three programs in seven seasons: Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin, Dana Dimel and Dino Babers. One game to point at: 114 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Minnesota — Bowl, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Syracuse in the news

Syracuse beats ranked team for first time since 2024Oct 31
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
3-star OL decommits from SyracuseSyracuse.com Oct 28
Syracuse ends 11-game ACC losing streakOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Syracuse	36	485	13.5	3	33
2021	Syracuse	21	199	9.5	0	30
2020	UTEP	10	136	13.6	1	38
2019	UTEP	10	147	14.7	0	35
2018	Arizona	18	368	20.4	0	53
2017	Arizona	2	12	6.0	0	9
2016	Arizona	1	15	15.0	0	15
Career		98	1,362	13.9	4	53

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Louisville	4	60	15.0	0	23
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 No. 15 NC State	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 8	L 21-27@ No. 5 Clemson	2	27	13.5	0	25
Wk 10	L 9-19@ Pittsburgh	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 3-38vs No. 25 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 20-28vs Minnesota	7	114	16.3	0	31
Total		36	485	13.5	3	33

Signature game

Bowl · 2022

L 20-28

vs Minnesota · neutral site

7 rec · 114 yds

With G. Shrader — 330 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 38 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · T. Pena — 3 rec · 12 yds · 8 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Virginia · 3rd and 18 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 18 yds to the Virg 25 for a
Week 5 · Wagner · 1st and 20 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 22 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90LeQuint Allen pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 33 yds for a TD, (Andre Szmyt KICK)
Week 1 · Minnesota · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 28 yds to the Minn 18 for a
Week 13 · Boston College · 1st and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Shrader to Cooper: an 8-yard pass.
Week 1 · Minnesota · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.31Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 31 yds to the Minn 34 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Minnesota · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.19Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 12 yds to the Syrac 49 for a
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.42Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 18 yds to the WFrst 41 for a
Week 1 · Minnesota · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.42Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 21 yds to the Syrac 35 for a
Week 13 · Boston College · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Garrett Shrader pass complete to Devaughn Cooper for 8 yds to the BC 3 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 48 (#231 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

48Rotational starter #231 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road5g	3.0	38.4	13.3	0.4

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Dino Babers

Pass share

46.1%

370 pass / 433 run

Plays / game

61.8

13 games

Team sack rate

10.0%

412 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

36 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

48 · #231 of 488 WRs · 2022

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

Devaughn Cooper

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Style of play

Fans

Syracuse in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

36 catches in 12 games

Seven seasons, three schools

2016