Shammond Cooper is a linebacker at Akron who has not played in Akron's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Cooper at LB, No. 1.
Akron lists 15 linebackers this season.
Akron is 1-8. Next: vs Western Michigan, Tue Nov 10.
Cooper is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Lovie Smith, Rod Smith, Bret Bielema and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Wyoming — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups66 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
48.7%
402 pass / 423 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
452 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #350 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #34 of 55 Mid-American LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Returning starter at linebacker for a 5-7 Akron team that went -3 in the portal.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lovie Smith, Bret Bielema and Joe Moorhead.
