Player Dossier

2015-2018

Penn State

Jake Cooper

LB • 6'1" • 231 lbs • Doylestown, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jake Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8117

Desert Vista · Phoenix, AZ

Committed To
Northern Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Jake Cooper, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State. Jake Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
28
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jake Cooper quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · LB
Career Tackles
28
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Desert Vista · Northern Arizona
High school pipeline
Desert Vista · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,020th (top 87%) · Big Ten 446th (top 72%) · National 4,224th (top 73%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State415-01-039.9
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State711-0--038.4
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State22-0--036.5

Related Context

Jake Cooper played LB for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jake Cooper recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Penn State paired 1 primary output with 18.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. Kent State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 9/15vs Kent StateW 63-1011000
Sun 9/9@ PittsburghW 51-611000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Penn State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State118.141
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State06.61-1
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State04.20.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 4 · L 10-49 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Temple

Week 3 · W 34-27

0

Havoc Plays

18.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Indiana

Week 5 · W 45-14 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

8.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 11 · W 35-6 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Pittsburgh

Week 2 · L 39-42

0

Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Penn State

1 primary output · 18.1 efficiency · 4 usage

39.9

#2

2017 Regular Season · Penn State

38.4

0 primary · 6.6 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Penn State

36.5

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games