Upcoming Event: Football versus New Hampshire on September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Football
vs New Hampshire
SENIOR (2016)
One of the Big Green tri-captains ... All-Ivy League honorable mention on the defensive line ... recipient of the team’s Reggie Williams Award as the player who through leadership in action and word has made Dartmouth a better place ... played in all 10 games, starting the first nine and posting at leastone tackle in every contest ... began the season by matching his career best with five tackles, including an assist on a sack, to help Dartmouth defeat 22nd-ranked New Hampshire for the first time in 40 years, 22-21 ... wrapped up three Crusaders in the 35-10 triumph at Holy Cross the following week ... twice stuffed a Columbia runner at the line of scrimmage on 3rd-and-1 plays ... chipped in on a tackle for a one-yard loss in the fourth quarter of the two-point defeat against Harvard ... batted down a pass at the line in each of the final two games of the season.
JUNIOR (2015)
Key reserve on the defensive line, playing in all 10 games with at least one tackle in eight of the contests ... recorded a career-high five stops in the 49-7 win over Sacred Heart, including helping out on an eight-yard sack ... helped out on three tackles in both the 41-20 victory at Penn to start Ivy League play and the 13-9 triumph over Columbia ... recovered a fumble in the first quarter of the season finale versus Princeton, plus batted down a third-down pass at the line of scrimmage inside the five to help Dartmouth clinch a share of its first Ivy League crown in 19 years with a 17-10 win.
SOPHOMORE (2014)
Saw action in nine of the 10 games as a reserve on the defensive line ... began the season with a pair of tackles in the 35-25 win over Central Connecticut ... intercepted a Penn pass early in the fourth quarter to erase any Quaker hopes of a comeback in a 31-13 victory ... recorded single stops versus Holy Cross, Columbia and Cornell ... collected two tackles in a win over Brown and a season-high three in the season finale, a 41-10 triumph at Princeton.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Played in six games as a rookie ... first action came against Holy Cross against which he recorded a pair of tackles ... registered a 17-yard sack of Cornell quarterback Jeff Mathews in a 34-6 Big Green victory ... also had stops against Harvard, Brown and 19th-ranked Princeton.
HIGH SCHOOL
Chosen unanimously to the 5A District 7 First Team on defense ... Texas Prep Stars “Under the Radar pick” ... first-team Texas Academic All-State selection ... team captain as a senior ... Rivals two-star pick who held offers from Air Force, Memphis and Rice as well as Penn, Yale and Columbia.
PERSONAL
Majoring in philosophy ... born on May 4, 1995 ... son of Bertram and Cynthia Cooper has one sister, Natalie ... father Bertram was a guard on the Texas Wesleyan basketball team ... cousin Barron Tanner played defensive tackle at Oklahoma and then in the NFL with the Dolphins, Redskins and Cardinals.
TACKLES | g | ua | a | total | tfl-yds | pd | ff | fr | blk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.0-17 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
2014 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
2015 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0.5-4 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
2016 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 1.0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 35 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 2.5-23 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
SACKS | g | ua | a | total | yards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 17 |
2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2015 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
2016 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 |
TOTAL | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 23 |
INTERCEPTIONS | g | no. | yards | td | long | avg/r | avg/g |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2014 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2015 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2016 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
TOTAL | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |