Ty Cooper is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Tulsa.
Cooper disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for four head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, Jeff Lebby and Tre Lamb. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Tulane, Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tulsa | 25 | 7 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 29 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 5 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 79 | 20 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-21@ New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-42vs Navy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 19-12@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-31vs Tulane | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 7-45@ Memphis | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-41@ East Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 37-38vs Temple | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-40@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-14vs Oregon State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-31vs UAB | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 7 | 6.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%6 TFLSack rate
12%3 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry25 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tre Lamb
Pass share
45.9%
407 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
73.9
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
466 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #256 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #28 of 53 American Athletic DLs
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%).
The No. 1,099 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the American Athletic as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Leach, Zach Arnett, Jeff Lebby and Tre Lamb.
