Player Dossier

2020-2024

San Diego State

Marquez Cooper

RB • 5'8" • 200 lbs • Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Marquez Cooper leans workhorse runner traits and 46.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

97%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

81

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kent State • Ball State • San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State

Player Story

Marquez Cooper built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 15, spending time with Ball State, Kent State, and San Diego State. The clearest part of Marquez...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8117

Quince Orchard · Gaithersburg, MD

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Marquez Cooper, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State. Marquez Cooper leans workhorse runner traits and 46.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
5,623
Rushing yards
5,119
Receiving yards
504
Touchdowns
47

Quick Answers

Marquez Cooper quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
5,623
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 54 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
Indiana State
Recruit profile
3-star · Quince Orchard · Kent State
High school pipeline
Liberty Christian · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
1,411 scrimmage yards · RB 20th (top 3%) · Mountain West 2nd (top 1%) · National 23rd (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKent State428026614551
2021 PostseasonKent State141301255071.9
2021 Regular SeasonKent State141,1701,080901171.9
2022 Regular SeasonKent State121,4251,331941379.3
2023 Regular SeasonBall State121,2071,043164475.7
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State121,4111,2741371480.4

Related Context

Marquez Cooper played RB for Kent State, Ball State, and San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marquez Cooper recorded 9 passing yards, 5,119 rushing yards, and 504 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 1,411 primary output with 46.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kent State, Ball State, San Diego State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

118.8

Efficiency

46.8

Usage

41.1

Consistency

70.5

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. Washington: 36. Oklahoma: 77. Long Island University: 89. Georgia: 130. Ohio: 240. Miami (OH): 41. Toledo: 166. Akron: 137. Ball State: 164. Bowling Green: 119. Eastern Michigan: 80. Buffalo: 146

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 11 by 34.1. Oklahoma: 23 by 29.6. Long Island University: 18 by 51.5. Georgia: 23 by 50.3. Ohio: 40 by 62.5. Miami (OH): 14 by 27.6. Toledo: 31 by 55.8. Akron: 28 by 51. Ball State: 33 by 53.5. Bowling Green: 21 by 54.2. Eastern Michigan: 20 by 41.7. Buffalo: 31 by 49.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins146.2 · Games = 5 · +47.1 vs Losses
Losses99.1 · Games = 7 · -47.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 11/26@ Buffalo100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 30-27301454.802114.7
Wed 11/16vs Eastern Michigan2+ TDL 24-312080424
Thu 11/10@ Bowling GreenW 40-619934.9002265.7
Tue 11/1vs Ball State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 20-27321685.3011-45.0
Sat 10/22vs Akron100 rush yardsW 33-27281374.9004.9
Sat 10/15@ Toledo100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 31-52311665.4025.4
Sat 10/8@ Miami (OH)L 24-2713322.500192.9
Sat 10/1vs Ohio100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 31-2440240626
Sat 9/24@ GeorgiaL 22-3921904.3012405.7
Sat 9/17vs Long Island University2+ TDW 63-1018894.9024.9
Sat 9/10@ OklahomaL 3-3322552.5001223.3
Sun 9/4@ WashingtonL 20-4511363.3013.3

Player Story

Marquez Cooper story

Marquez Cooper built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 15, spending time with Ball State, Kent State, and San Diego State. The clearest part of Marquez Cooper's career was his backfield work: 5,119 rushing yards, 1,102 carries, 45 rushing touchdowns, and 504 receiving yards across 54 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 passing yards, 504 receiving yards, and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Marquez Cooper'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

    Kent State

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ball State

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    San Diego State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKent State28049.720.1
2021 PostseasonKent State1,3005027.21,020
2021 Regular SeasonKent State1,3005027.20
2022 Regular SeasonKent State1,42546.841.1125
2023 Regular SeasonBall State1,20747.236.9-218
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1,41146.947.1204

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana State

Week 3 · W 45-7

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

177

Scrimmage Yards

94.5 takeover

177 scrimmage yards and 36.7 usage.

#2

vs East Texas A&M

Week 1 · W 45-14

233

Scrimmage Yards

94.1 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

233 scrimmage yards and 48.4 usage.

#3

vs Northern Illinois

Week 10 · W 52-47 · Conference game

173

Scrimmage Yards

92.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

173 scrimmage yards and 35.4 usage.

#4

vs Ohio

Week 5 · W 31-24 · Conference game

240

Scrimmage Yards

87.5 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

240 scrimmage yards and 48.2 usage.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game

163

Scrimmage Yards

85.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

163 scrimmage yards and 45.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

1,411 primary output · 46.9 efficiency · 47.1 usage

80.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · Kent State

79.3

1,425 primary · 46.8 efficiency · 41.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

75.7

1,207 primary · 47.2 efficiency · 36.9 usage

Milestones

22

100+ rush yards

7

150+ scrimmage yards

14

2+ TD games