Shammond Cooper

Senior linebacker for Akron. 2025: 66 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Akron · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 220 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 43 · #350 of 583 LBsHigh confidence

The numbers

tackles · 2025

4.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 9 tackles, 2 TFL, at Nebraska

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior linebacker for Akron. 2025: 66 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Illinois in 2019.
Transferred from Illinois to Akron in 2023.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

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Shammond Cooper

LB · Akron · Sr · #7

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across six seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Lovie Smith, Rod Smith, Bret Bielema and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 10 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Wyoming — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Illinois6-7HC: Lovie Smith · Run-leaning

2020Illinois2-6HC: Rod Smith · Run-heavy

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #350 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#316 / 2975 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#649 / 2975 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th 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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

66 tkl · 4 TFL · 0 sacks · 1 PD

Tackle volume

66tackles this season

TFL rate

7%4 TFL

Sack rate

1%0 sacks

PD rate

2%1 pass breakups

66 tackles · 4 for loss · 0 sacks.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	7.2	0.3	0.1	0.2
Road5g	6.0	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.7	0.4	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	6.3	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #350 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #350 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #34 of 55 Mid-American LBs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Akron	66	27	4.5	0.5	1	--	--
2024	Akron	7	4	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Akron	41	15	5.5	2.0	--	--	--
2022	Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Illinois	3	2	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Illinois	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		123	51	11.0	2.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 51–7

vs Duquesne

5 tackles · 2 solo tackles

Dominant 44-point win at home against Duquesne.

With B. Finley — 219 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 22.7 · 13 rush yds (2 car) · J. Gant — 161 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 0-10vs Wyoming	10	2	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 2	L 0-68@ Nebraska	9	7	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 28-31@ UAB	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 51-7vs Duquesne	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 3-45@ Toledo	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 28-22vs Central Michigan	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 7-20vs Miami (OH)	8	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-42@ Ball State	6	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 44-10vs Massachusetts	7	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	W 19-16@ Bowling Green	6	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		66	27	4.5	0.5	—	1

The linebacker corps · Akron

#7Shammond CooperLB · Sr.66 tackles · 2025
#32Gage SummersLB · Sr.54 tackles · 2025
#25Jason HockerLB · R-So.8 tackles · 2025
#18Dwight NunooLB · R-Sr.6 tackles · 2025
#8Rich BenengeLB · So.4 tackles · 2025

9 more on the roster · Akron team page

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

Shammond Cooper

2019

20239 games

2025 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

Starter

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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