Omarion Cooper

Senior defensive back for Memphis. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

DB · Memphis · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 195 lb · Lehigh Acres, FL

CFB Index 55 · #158 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Memphis for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

6 PBU · 39 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 5 tackles, vs Tulane

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Memphis. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida State in 2021.
Transferred from Florida State to Memphis in 2025.

His career, year by year

Omarion Cooper

DB · Memphis · Sr · #1

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Mike Norvell, Deion Sanders and Ryan Silverfield. He has two of these now, the latest All-AAC in 2025. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Tulane — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Rotational starter #158 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct

Tackles#937 / 2975 · 68th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.6
Road7g	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #158 of 364 corners

Former four-star. Now #158 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #10 of 28 American Athletic DBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Memphis	39	23	1.0	0.0	6	1	--
2024	Florida State	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Colorado	37	32	2.0	1.0	5	--	--
2022	Florida State	13	10	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
2021	Florida State	16	10	0.0	0.0	4	2	--
Career		107	77	3.0	1.0	15	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 34–31

vs South Florida

5 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Lewis — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 35 rush yds (11 car) · L. Carrigan — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 38-16@ Georgia State	5	4	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	W 28-7@ Troy	4	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 32-31vs Arkansas	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-7vs Tulsa	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 24-31@ UAB	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 34-31vs South Florida	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Rice	3	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 32-38vs Tulane	5	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 27-31@ East Carolina	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-28vs Navy	3	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 7-31@ NC State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Total		39	23	1.0	1	6

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

39Tackles

23Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

6Pass def.

1INT

39 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 21 PD
Week 32 PD
Week 41 PD
Week 61 PD
Week 101 INT
Week 111 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Memphis

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Memphis

Returning around him

1 Memphis player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +4 net (51 in / 47 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #67 · 2026 recruiting class #72

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Christian Charles’s 2025 season.

Christian Charles

84%match

Virginia · 2025

Adrian Maddox

UAB · 2024

84%

Ramon Henderson

UCLA · 2024

83%

Eric Butler

San Diego State · 2025

82%

Jordan Young

Cincinnati · 2023

80%

Matches Christian on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Hudson Clark's graduate season at Arkansas (2024).

Hudson Clark

85%match

Arkansas · 2024

Tony Grimes

Purdue · 2025

84%

Marvae Myers-Glover

Marshall · 2025

83%

Warren Burrell

Georgia Tech · 2024

79%

Tyrin Taylor

Jacksonville State · 2025

79%

Matches Hudson on

Tackle volume

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Omarion Cooper

Kendren Smith

Virginia · 2024

86%

Xavier Lanier

Tulsa · 2023

84%

Christian Charles

Virginia · 2025

84%

Ramon Henderson

UCLA · 2024

83%

Aamir Hall

Michigan · 2024

82%

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

Omarion Cooper

20218 games

20239 games

2024

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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