Elijah Cooks

#4 · WR · Sr. · San José State6′4″ · 215 lb · Atascadero, CA

Elijah Cooks: WR · San José State · #4.

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Elijah Cooks

WR · San José State · Sr · #4

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for three head coaches at two programs in six seasons: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua and Brent Brennan. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 177 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Wyoming — Week 5, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	San José State	70	1,082	15.5	10	52
2021	Nevada	13	157	12.1	4	39
2020	Nevada	2	24	12.0	0	16
2019	Nevada	76	926	12.2	8	55
2018	Nevada	22	313	14.2	6	40
2017	Nevada	2	23	11.5	0	16
Career		185	2,525	13.6	28	55

Season	Team
2022	San José State	--	--
2021	Nevada	--	--
2020	Nevada	--	--
2019	Nevada	--	--
2018	Nevada	1	40
2017	Nevada	--	--
Career		1	40

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	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs Portland State	6	123	20.5	0	34
Wk 2	L 16-24@ Auburn	4	46	11.5	0	24
Wk 4	W 34-6vs Western Michigan	2	21	10.5	1	13
Wk 5	W 33-16@ Wyoming	8	177	22.1	0	52	Season-high 177 yds
Wk 6	W 40-7vs UNLV	3	41	13.7	1	20
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Fresno State	7	140	20.0	1	39	140-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Nevada	8	79	9.9	0	17
Wk 10	W 28-16vs Colorado State	6	80	13.3	1	35
Wk 11	L 27-43@ San Diego State	3	36	12.0	1	27
Wk 12	L 31-35@ Utah State	7	125	17.9	3	36	3 TD catches
Wk 13	W 27-14vs Hawai'i	10	121	12.1	2	29	2 TD catches
Bowl	L 27-41vs Eastern Michigan	6	93	15.5	0	25
Total		70	1082	15.5	10	52

Signature game

Week 7 · 2022

L 10-17

at Fresno State

7 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

With T. Benham — 46 yards per punt · 9 punts · 1 inside the 20 · C. Cordeiro — 294 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 29.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −4.03Elijah Cooks pass intercepted, touchback. Joshua Scott return for no gain
Week 1 · Portland State · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 30 yds to the PrtSt 47 for a
Week 12 · Utah State · 2nd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +3.02Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 36 yds for a TD, (Taren Schive PAT BLOCKED)
Week 6 · UNLV · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 20 yds for a TD, (Taren Schive KICK)
Week 10 · Colorado State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Cordeiro to Cooks: a 35-yard touchdown pass.
Week 13 · Hawai'i · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 29 yds to the Hawa 5 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 32 yds for a TD, (Taren Schive KICK)
Week 4 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Cordeiro to Cooks: a 13-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 29 yds for a TD UTAH ST Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Michael Anyanwu) declined, (Taren Schive KICK)
Week 11 · San Diego State · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Elijah Cooks for 27 yds to the SDSt 28 for a

Teams and coaches

2017Nevada3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-heavy

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 87 (#16 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

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

87All-Conference level #16 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (93rd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#47 / 636 · 93rd pct

1.12

Explosive rate#66 / 636 · 90th pct

23.2%

TD rate#82 / 636 · 87th pct

12.2%

Yards / catch#117 / 636 · 82nd pct

15.3

Catch rate#190 / 636 · 70th pct

84.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#13 / 550 · 97th pct

Rec yards#19 / 550 · 97th pct

1082

Receptions#33 / 550 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#135 / 550 · 75th pct

15.5

Long catch#244 / 550 · 55th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

29th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 90th percentile

Catch rate

14th → 70th percentile

TD rate

98th → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

45th → 82nd 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	5.8	77.5	13.3	0.8
Road5g	5.8	105	16.7	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	91.6	16.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	6.8	88.2	13.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Pass share

56.1%

429 pass / 336 run

Plays / game

63.8

12 games

Team sack rate

8.9%

460 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

87 · #16 of 488 WRs · 2022

Two-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.

Elijah Cooks

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Style of play

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2017

2022 12 games