JUNIOR (2024)
Played in nine of the 10 games, posting 16 tackles (12 solo) while adding an interception and three pass breakups … Had two solo tackles in the season opener vs. Fordham … Tallied a solo tackle and two pass breakups in Ivy League opener against Penn … Recorded three tackles in comeback win at Yale … Posted a career-high five tackles (three solo) against Central Connecticut State … Finished with three total tackles, and a pass breakup, against Harvard … Recorded two solo tackles and first-career interception in the season finale vs. Brown.
SOPHOMORE (2023)
Saw action in eight games, including all seven Ivy League contests.
FIRST-YEAR (2022)
Made his collegiate debut in the season finale against Brown, a 30-7 Big Green victory.
HIGH SCHOOL
Capital City Conference co-Player of the Year … First-team all-state and all-metro … Tailback, defender and return specialist who moved to quarterback at the start of the 3A playoffs and guided the Eagles to an upset of Catholic in the semifinals … Placed on the all-conference team as an athlete on the defensive side of the ball because of his versatility … Second-team all-metro in basketball as a junior as well.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jamal Marques Cooper Jr. … Born on Sept. 18, 2003 in Montgomery, Alabama … Son of Valerie and Jamal Sr. has one brother and a sister … Father Jamal played football at Alabama State … Interested in potentially singing in church choir at Dartmouth.