CFB Zeitgeist Score
45
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 94th percentile.
Omarion Cooper
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
39 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Memphis for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Memphis
Returning around him
- 12% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 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 #59 · 2026 recruiting class #60
DB · MEMPHIS · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Omarion Cooper
- 4
- #1
- 6-1 | 195 lb
- Lehigh Acres, FL
Heisman Heat
#13701
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2021
Florida State · DB
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2022
Florida State · DB
—
2023
Colorado · DB
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★
2025
Memphis · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9040 | No. 289 recruit | HighSchool | Florida State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Florida State
Composite
0.9040
#289 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Omarion Cooper
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Omarion Cooper
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 12g
39Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
42Tackles
1.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 39): needs 41/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 39): needs 61/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Omarion Cooper is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Memphis's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 1 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
39 81st
SOLO
23 82nd
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
6 93rd
INT
1 65th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-16@ Georgia State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 28-7@ Troy | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 32-31vs Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-7vs Tulsa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs South Florida | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14@ Rice | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-38vs Tulane | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31@ East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-28vs Navy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 7-31@ NC State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
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
2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | 39 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| 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 | 4 loaded seasons | 105 | 75 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 15 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 39 | #937/4942 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.0 | #2051/4972 | 59th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 1 | #308/869 | 65th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 6 | #144/2184 | 93rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 23.0 | #169/578 | 71st pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 23 | #285/578 | 51st pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 23 | #839/4584 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Losses5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
45Mid-pack
Elite: passes defended (93rd). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Omarion CooperMemphisTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 79% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 79% simBrevin HamblinUtah State· 73% sim
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Interceptions
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Adrian Maddox’s 2024 season.
Adrian Maddox
88%match
#2
Christian Charles
85%
#3
Corey Thornton
83%
#4
Tony Grimes
82%
#5
Eric Butler
82%
Matches Adrian on
Interceptions
PD rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tony Grimes's graduate season at Purdue (2025).
Tony Grimes
85%match
#2
Hudson Clark
84%
#3
Marvae Myers-Glover
82%
#4
Zemaiah Vaughn
81%
#5
Ceyair Wright
77%
Matches Tony on
Class year
Weight
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Pass share
46.9%
412 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.2%
285 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2022
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2023
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2025
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
Played his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLehigh Acres, FL
Height6'1"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMemphis
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-AAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-AAC | all_conference | Memphis | AAC | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida State | DB4 | #13701 | #13800 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Colorado | DB4 | #12841 | #13162 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | Florida State | DB4 | #7346 | #7255 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Florida State | DB4 | #10001 | #10382 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | American Athletic | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Lehigh Acres, FL |
| 2024 | Florida State | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Lehigh Acres, FL |
| 2023 | Colorado | Pac-12 | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Lehigh Acres, FL |
| 2022 | Florida State | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Lehigh Acres, FL |
| 2021 | Florida State | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Lehigh Acres, FL |