Player Dossier

2019-2022

Vanderbilt

Cooper Lutz

RB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Reading, PA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Cooper Lutz leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Syracuse • Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Cooper Lutz built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a running back from Reading, PA wearing No. 39, spending time with Syracuse and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Cooper Lutz's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8153

Berks Catholic · Reading, PA

Committed To
Syracuse
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Cooper Lutz, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse. Cooper Lutz leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
407
Rushing yards
313
Receiving yards
94
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Cooper Lutz quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
407
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
3-star · Berks Catholic · Syracuse
High school pipeline
Berks Catholic · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Senior
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
51 scrimmage yards · RB 531st (top 77%) · SEC 195th (top 68%) · National 1,729th (top 66%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse00000-
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse928522956150.4
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse11716011124.6
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt8512427123.3

Related Context

Cooper Lutz played RB for Syracuse and Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cooper Lutz recorded 313 rushing yards, 94 receiving yards, and 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Syracuse.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 285 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, Vanderbilt.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Win with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

6.5

Efficiency

47.6

Usage

3.7

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 25. Rutgers: 15. UAlbany: 7. Liberty: 0. Florida State: 0. Wake Forest: 16. Virginia Tech: 0. Boston College: 11. Louisville: 0. NC State: -3. Pittsburgh: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 5 by 52.1. Rutgers: 6 by 19.8. UAlbany: 1 by 72.9. Wake Forest: 2 by 83.3. Boston College: 2 by 57.3. NC State: 5 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins8.6 · Games = 5 · +3.9 vs Losses
Losses4.7 · Games = 6 · -3.9 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

Ohio

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sun 11/28vs PittsburghL 14-31
Sat 11/20@ NC StateL 17-413-5-1.70022-0.6
Sat 11/13@ LouisvilleL 3-41
Sat 10/30vs Boston CollegeW 21-62115.5005.5
Sat 10/23@ Virginia TechW 41-36
Sat 10/9vs Wake ForestL 37-40216808
Sat 10/2@ Florida StateL 30-33
Sat 9/25vs LibertyW 24-21
Sat 9/18vs UAlbanyW 62-2417707
Sat 9/11vs RutgersL 7-17461.500292.5
Sat 9/4@ OhioW 29-9525515

Player Story

Cooper Lutz story

Cooper Lutz built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a running back from Reading, PA wearing No. 39, spending time with Syracuse and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Cooper Lutz's career was his backfield work: 313 rushing yards, 64 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 94 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 94 receiving yards, 18 tackles, and 225 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cooper Lutz's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse0
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse28542.212.5285
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse7147.63.7-214
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt5158.21.5-20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wake Forest

Week 9 · L 14-38 · Conference game

Loss with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106

Scrimmage Yards

85.7 takeover

106 scrimmage yards and 43.2 usage.

#2

@ Notre Dame

Week 14 · L 21-45

102

Scrimmage Yards

76.2 takeover

Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 1 · W 29-9

25

Scrimmage Yards

59.2 takeover

Win with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

25 scrimmage yards and 8.9 usage.

#4

vs Wake Forest

Week 2 · L 25-45

32

Scrimmage Yards

59.1 takeover

Loss with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

32 scrimmage yards and 6 usage.

#5

vs Wake Forest

Week 6 · L 37-40 · Conference game

16

Scrimmage Yards

51.7 takeover

Loss with 16 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

16 scrimmage yards and 2.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Syracuse

285 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 12.5 usage

50.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

24.6

71 primary · 47.6 efficiency · 3.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

23.3

51 primary · 58.2 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games