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2022 Football Roster

5 Marcus Cooper

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 184
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Altair, Texas
  • Highschool Rice Consolidated HS

Biography

2021: Cooper finished the season as the Cardinal’s second leading rusher gaining 580 yards through the ground, along with 8 total touchdowns. He also contributed to the passing game with 26 receptions for 197 yards. Cooper had a season high 104 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns against Houston Baptist University on October 30. He followed up with a season high 126 total yards against Houston Baptist University 3 weeks later. His longest rush came against Northwestern State University, with an explosive 60 yard run. Cooper appeared in all 13 games for the Cardinals in 2021.
 

2019: Saw action in 10 games, making one start … Carried 34 times for 169 yards and two touchdowns … Caught 19 passes for 169 yards … Also returned five kickoffs for a 23.6 yard average … Recorded four catches for 68 yards in a 52-13 win at Houston Baptist … Also rushed for a touchdown at Ole Miss.

2018: Played in four games after dealing with offseason injury … Rushed 16 times for 57 yards and a touchdown … Caught seven passes for 46 yards … Rushed for a touchdown and hauled in four passes for 17 yards versus Central Arkansas … Carried four times for 34 yards and had an eight-yard reception in 30-24 win at Lamar … Finished with four carries for 15 yards and two catches for 21 yards at Nicholls … Granted a redshirt season .... Member of the Southland Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll. 

2017: Named All-Southland Conference after leading the team with 646 rushing yards on just 64 carries … Fourth in the Southland with 71.8 yards per game … Set a new single-season school record with 10.1 yards per carry … Member of the Jerry Rice Award Watch List, awarded to the nation’s top freshman … Second in the Southland with four 100-yard rushing performances … Named Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week after carrying 12 times for 142 yards and a 63-yard touchdown in a 21-17 win over Nicholls … Set a school record for longest rush with a 91-yard touchdown run on the way to a nine-carry, 123-yard performance in a 56-10 league road win at Houston Baptist … Rushed for a season-high 148 yards on 13 carries in a 49-30 win over Incarnate Word … Finished with 140 yards on just seven carries in a 49-20 triumph at Northwestern State … Rushed for a touchdown and caught a season-high three passes for 35 yards in a 49-21 win over Lamar … Caught a 54-yard touchdown pass in 56-21 win at Abilene Christian.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Graduate Student

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    5'8" 185 lbs
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    2022Graduate Student

    RB
    5'8" 184 lbs
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