Player Dossier

2007-2010

Miami

Graig Cooper

RB • 6'0" • Memphis, TN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Graig Cooper leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Miami

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Player Story

Graig Cooper built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Graig Cooper's career was his backfield work: 2,383...

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Graig Cooper, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Miami. Graig Cooper leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,785
Rushing yards
2,383
Receiving yards
402
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

Graig Cooper quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,785
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Miami
Top game
Texas A&M
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2010
2010 Scrimmage yards rank
193 scrimmage yards · RB 261st (top 58%) · ACC 83rd (top 39%) · National 898th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonMiami11811682129572.1
2008 PostseasonMiami13746311075.1
2008 Regular SeasonMiami13880778102775.1
2009 PostseasonMiami1229290164.6
2009 Regular SeasonMiami12798666132464.6
2010 PostseasonMiami10000039.9
2010 Regular SeasonMiami1019316528139.9

Related Context

Graig Cooper played RB for Miami. Across 4 tracked seasons, Graig Cooper recorded 51 passing yards, 2,383 rushing yards, and 402 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Miami.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Miami paired 954 primary output with 51.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 60.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Win with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2007 Regular Season · Miami

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

73.7

Efficiency

60.1

Usage

24.4

Consistency

73.7

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 116. Oklahoma: 29. Florida International: 69. Texas A&M: 84. Duke: 126. North Carolina: 101. Georgia Tech: 66. Florida State: 98. NC State: 60. Virginia: 44. Boston College: 18

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Marshall: 12 by 90.3. Oklahoma: 19 by 15.4. Florida International: 12 by 51.2. Texas A&M: 11 by 76.5. Duke: 13 by 90.4. North Carolina: 16 by 63.3. Georgia Tech: 12 by 57.3. Florida State: 12 by 84. NC State: 18 by 34.7. Virginia: 9 by 51.6. Boston College: 4 by 46.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins98.6 · Games = 5 · +45.6 vs Losses
Losses53 · Games = 6 · -45.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

90.4 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/24@ Boston CollegeL 14-284184.5004.5
Sun 11/11vs VirginiaL 0-4884050144.9
Sat 11/3vs NC StateL 16-1918603.3003.3
Sat 10/20@ Florida StateW 37-291080812188.2
Sat 10/13vs Georgia TechL 14-1712665.5005.5
Sat 10/6@ North CarolinaL 27-3313775.9003246.3
Sat 9/29vs Duke100 rush yardsW 24-14121018.4011259.7
Thu 9/20vs Texas A&M2+ TDW 34-177507.1014347.6
Sat 9/15vs Florida InternationalW 23-911484.4011215.8
Sat 9/8@ OklahomaL 13-5118261.400131.5
Sat 9/1vs Marshall100 rush yardsW 31-3121169.7009.7

Player Story

Graig Cooper story

Graig Cooper built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Graig Cooper's career was his backfield work: 2,383 rushing yards, 465 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 402 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Miami. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 51 passing yards, 402 receiving yards, and 990 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami.

The arc is straightforward: Graig Cooper moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Miami

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200820082009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonMiami81160.124.4
2008 PostseasonMiami95451.730.8143
2008 Regular SeasonMiami95451.730.80
2009 PostseasonMiami82752.523.7-127
2009 Regular SeasonMiami82752.523.70
2010 PostseasonMiami19356.57.1-634
2010 Regular SeasonMiami19356.57.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas A&M

Week 4 · W 41-23

Win with 128 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

90.8 takeover

128 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.

#2

vs Virginia

Week 10 · W 52-17 · Conference game

158

Scrimmage Yards

88.1 takeover

Win with 158 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

158 scrimmage yards and 27.9 usage.

#3

vs North Carolina

Week 5 · L 24-28 · Conference game

139

Scrimmage Yards

87.5 takeover

Loss with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

139 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.

#4

vs Duke

Week 5 · W 24-14 · Conference game

126

Scrimmage Yards

86.4 takeover

Win with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

126 scrimmage yards and 24.1 usage.

#5

@ Virginia

Week 10 · W 24-17 · Conference game

138

Scrimmage Yards

85.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

138 scrimmage yards and 44.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Miami

954 primary output · 51.7 efficiency · 30.8 usage

75.1

#2

2008 Regular Season · Miami

75.1

954 primary · 51.7 efficiency · 30.8 usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Miami

72.1

811 primary · 60.1 efficiency · 24.4 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games