#15

Octavious Cooley

Senior tight end for Ole Miss. 2019: 13 catches, 162 receiving yards.

TE · Ole Miss · Sr. · #15

6′3″ · 270 lb · Laurel, MS

Ole Miss 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 167 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Ole Miss. 2019: 13 catches, 162 receiving yards.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 400 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2016

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of Laurel

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#167 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Matt Luke.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Luke — 15-21 over that span.

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (7th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#48 / 128 · 62nd pct

12.5

Rush TDs#6 / 20 · 38th pct

Long catch#90 / 128 · 29th pct

Rush yards#15 / 20 · 28th pct

Fumbles lost#18 / 33 · 24th pct

Rec yards#103 / 128 · 20th pct

162

Receptions#111 / 128 · 8th pct

Rec TDs#110 / 128 · 7th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.1	17.7	15.7	0.0
Road4g	1.2	9.5	7.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.3	12.9	10.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.0	18.0	18.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Ole Miss	13	162	12.5	0	--
2018	Ole Miss	8	172	21.5	1	--
2017	Ole Miss	4	66	16.5	0	--
Career		25	400	16.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 40–29

vs SE Louisiana

1 rec · 16 yds

Edged out SE Louisiana at home in a shootout.

With J. Ealy — 95 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · M. Corral — 239 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · -28 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-15@ Memphis	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 2	W 31-17vs Arkansas	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 3	W 40-29vs SE Louisiana	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 4	L 20-28vs California	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	L 31-59@ Alabama	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 6	W 31-6vs Vanderbilt	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 7	L 27-38@ Missouri	2	25	12.5	0	13
Wk 8	L 17-24vs Texas A&M	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 10	L 14-20@ Auburn	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	W 41-3vs New Mexico State	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 12	L 37-58vs LSU	1	29	29.0	0	29	Season-high 29 yds
Total		13	162	13.2	0	29

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