Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2024TCU
Cooper McDonald
LB • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Haslet, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cooper McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
74
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Washington • San Diego State • TCU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Cooper McDonald built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Haslet, TX wearing No. 44, spending time with San Diego State, TCU, and Washington. The clearest part of Cooper McDonald's career...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Cooper McDonald, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State. Cooper McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 132
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Cooper McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- TCU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 132
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
- Top game
- San José State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cocoa · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Cocoa · 37 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · LB 503rd (top 41%) · Big 12 185th (top 26%) · National 1,657th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington | 10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 52.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 10 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San Diego State | 12 | 39 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 8 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Cooper McDonald
Cooper McDonald played LB for Washington, San Diego State, and TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cooper McDonald recorded 132 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with San Diego State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
San Diego State paired 16 primary output with 26.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.1 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 Washington, San Diego State, TCU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2022 Regular Season · San Diego State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
29.1
Usage
7.8
Consistency
37.5
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 1. Idaho State: 0. Utah: 0. Toledo: 0. Boise State: 1. Hawai'i: 0.5. Fresno State: 2. UNLV: 0.5. San José State: 4. New Mexico: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 6 by 35. Idaho State: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 4 by 16.7. Boise State: 5 by 30.8. Hawai'i: 1 by 9.2. Fresno State: 6 by 45. UNLV: 7 by 34.2. San José State: 7 by 69.2. New Mexico: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -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
San José State
Best efficiency game
69.2 vs San José State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | @ New MexicoSplash game | W 34-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs San José StateSplash game | W 43-27 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs UNLV | W 14-10 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | @ Fresno StateSplash game | L 28-32 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | vs Hawai'i | W 16-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Boise State | L 13-35 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Toledo | W 17-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | @ Utah | L 7-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs Idaho State | W 38-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Arizona | L 20-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cooper McDonald story
Cooper McDonald built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Haslet, TX wearing No. 44, spending time with San Diego State, TCU, and Washington. The clearest part of Cooper McDonald's career was his defensive production: 132 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Cooper McDonald'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
Washington
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
San Diego State
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
TCU
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington | 1 | 9.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington | 8 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 12 | 29.1 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San Diego State | 16 | 26.9 | 7.5 | 4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 11 | 26.8 | 8.3 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San José State
Week 11 · W 43-27 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 36-28
5
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Stanford
Week 1 · W 34-27
3
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 1 · W 20-13
4
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Montana
Week 1 · L 7-13
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
16 primary output · 26.9 efficiency · 7.5 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · TCU
56
11 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Washington
52.4
8 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 9.1 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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