Tristan Cooper: S · Arizona · #31.
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Tristan Cooper
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Arizona. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Colorado — Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 38-45@ Hawai'i | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 65-41vs Northern Arizona | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17vs UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-30@ Colorado | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 27-51vs Washington | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ USC | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-41@ Stanford | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-56vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-34@ No. 6 Oregon | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-35vs No. 7 Utah | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-24@ Arizona State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL47 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Sumlin
Pass share
48.6%
422 pass / 446 run
Plays / game
72.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
460 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona, 117 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 31 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Kevin Sumlin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
