Keith Cooper Jr.: DL · Houston · #5.
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Keith Cooper Jr.
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle and Dana Holgorsen. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Baylor — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-27vs UNLV | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-16@ No. 15 Oklahoma | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 33-7vs Rice | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-34@ Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-20vs No. 18 Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-19@ TCU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-42vs Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-14vs Utah | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-19vs No. 17 Kansas State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-27@ Arizona | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-20vs Baylor | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 18-30@ No. 19 BYU | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 25 | 8.5 | 3.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%8 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
15%7 hurries46 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
39.8%
280 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
58.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
308 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #87 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Tulane and Houston, 14 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Willie Fritz.
