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Edgerrin Cooper

Former linebacker at Texas A&M. 2023: 83 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks.

LB · Texas A&M · Jr. · #45

6′3″ · 230 lb · Covington, LA

CFB Index 92 · #10 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceConsensus AAGreen Bay — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 13, #45 overall

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 162 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

Statement game11 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Alabama (FBS) · L 20-26

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

>"Omari Cooper right in front of our eyes!" How dare you stand where he stoodr/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Texas A&M. 2023: 83 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2020.
Drafted round 2 by the Green Bay in 2024.
Named All-America (AP) in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas A&M, 204 tackles, an All-American season (2023) — drafted at #45 overall by Green Bay.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Signed with Texas A&M4-star out of Covington

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-Americafirst · 10 selectors
All-SECfirst

2024

Drafted by Green Bayround 2, pick 45

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#162 national

CFB

College

Texas A&M

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #45

Green Bay · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

10 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

8 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2022

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

2023

Elijah Robinson

Texas A&M

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Elijah Robinson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 3rd NFL season

#45Rd 2 · Pick 13

Green BayEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Texas A&M9-1HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2021Texas A&M8-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Elijah Robinson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

92All-America level #10 of 577?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#7 / 2842 · 100th pct

18.5

Sacks#14 / 2842 · 99th pct

9.5

QB hurries#34 / 2842 · 99th pct

Tackles#121 / 2842 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#179 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.4	1.6	0.9	0.3
Road5g	6.2	1.5	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.4	2.1	1.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	0.8	0.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

92 · #10 of 577 LBs

Former four-star. Now #10 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2023

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas A&M	83	42	18.5	9.5	2	--	--
2022	Texas A&M	61	33	8.0	0.0	5	1	--
2021	Texas A&M	58	37	5.5	0.5	1	1	--
2020	Texas A&M	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		204	114	32.0	10.0	8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023

W 27–10

vs Auburn

8 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 SACKS

With N. Constantinou — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG · M. Johnson — 123 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs New Mexico	8	4	3.0	0.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 2	L 33-48@ Miami	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 47-3vs UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-10vs Auburn	8	5	3.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 5	W 34-22@ Arkansas	6	4	3.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 6	L 20-26vs Alabama	11	6	3.0	3.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	L 13-20@ Tennessee	4	2	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 30-17vs South Carolina	7	6	2.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 35-38@ Ole Miss	7	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	W 51-10vs Mississippi State	11	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 38-10vs Abilene Christian	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 30-42@ LSU	8	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		83	42	18.5	9.5	—	2

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

Edgerrin Cooper

2020

202312 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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DNA match

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