Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2025Akron
Shammond Cooper
LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shammond Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
73
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Illinois • Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
Shammond Cooper built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a linebacker from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 7, spending time with Akron and Illinois. The clearest part of Shammond Cooper's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Shammond Cooper, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron. Shammond Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 123
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Shammond Cooper quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · LB
- Career Tackles
- 123
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Trinity Catholic · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Trinity Catholic · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 66 tackles · LB 194th (top 16%) · Mid-American 33rd (top 6%) · National 328th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 41 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 58.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 2 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 10 | 66 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Shammond Cooper played LB for Illinois and Akron. Across 7 tracked seasons, Shammond Cooper recorded 123 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Akron paired 7 primary output with 34.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Akron.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Akron
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
34.5
Usage
11.4
Consistency
54.8
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0.5. Nebraska: 2. UAB: 0. Duquesne: 0. Toledo: 1. Central Michigan: 1. Miami (OH): 0.5. Ball State: 1. Massachusetts: 1. Bowling Green: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 10 by 46.7. Nebraska: 9 by 57.5. UAB: 6 by 25. Duquesne: 5 by 20.8. Toledo: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 6 by 35. Miami (OH): 8 by 38.3. Ball State: 6 by 35. Massachusetts: 7 by 39.2. Bowling Green: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/19 | @ Bowling Green | W 19-16 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/5 | vs Massachusetts | W 44-10 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ball State | L 28-42 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Miami (OH) | L 7-20 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Central Michigan | W 28-22 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Toledo | L 3-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Duquesne | W 51-7 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ UAB | L 28-31 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ NebraskaSplash game | L 0-68 | 9 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Wyoming10+ tackles | L 0-10 | 10 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Shammond Cooper story
Shammond Cooper built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a linebacker from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 7, spending time with Akron and Illinois. The clearest part of Shammond Cooper's career was his defensive production: 123 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Shammond Cooper's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 20.8 | 3.6 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 0.5 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 8.5 | 28.4 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 1.5 | 22.1 | 5.9 | -7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 7 | 34.5 | 11.4 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · L 27-30 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 46 Nebraska
Week 2 · L 0-68
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Indiana
Week 4 · L 27-29
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 136 Massachusetts
Week 11 · W 44-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 132 Ball State
Week 8 · L 28-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Akron
7 primary output · 34.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage
66.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Akron
58.8
8.5 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 8.9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Illinois
50.3
0 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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