Quinton Cooley: RB · Liberty · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Quinton Cooley
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Jamey Chadwell. All-Conference USA in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 174 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Florida International — Week 7, 2024.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 12.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 7.0% of his carries. 8 carries for 24 yds vs Kennesaw State; 29 for 174 vs Florida International.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
39.8% of carries overall (198/497) → 24.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/70) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
15 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (88.2%). 5 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (27.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Liberty | 205 | 1,254 | 6.1 | 13 | 44 |
| 2023 | Liberty | 221 | 1,401 | 6.3 | 16 | 60 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 51 | 246 | 4.8 | 3 | 24 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 45 | 156 | 3.5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 522 | 3,057 | 5.9 | 33 | 60 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Liberty | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | Liberty | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 0 | 16 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-24vs Campbell | 16 | 110 | 6.9 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-24@ New Mexico State | 12 | 111 | 9.3 | 2 | 44 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-10vs UTEP | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-24vs East Carolina | 19 | 105 | 5.5 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-24vs Florida International | 29 | 174 | 6.0 | 2 | 21 | Season-high 174 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ Kennesaw State | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs Jacksonville State | 27 | 133 | 4.9 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-17@ Middle Tennessee | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-34@ Massachusetts | 20 | 147 | 7.4 | 3 | 27 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 13 | W 38-21vs Western Kentucky | 24 | 166 | 6.9 | 2 | 24 | 166-yard day |
| Wk 14 | L 18-20@ Sam Houston | 19 | 90 | 4.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 205 | 1254 | 6.1 | 13 | 44 |
Week 13 · 2024
W 38-21
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
58%200 carriesFumble rate
1.0%2 of 205 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.1 yds/carry on 205 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 58% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 122 | 6.3 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 104 | 6.2 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 109 | 7.0 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 118 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Pass share
35.2%
289 pass / 533 run
Plays / game
68.5
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
305 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #37 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Wake Forest and Liberty, 3,057 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Clawson and Jamey Chadwell.
