Player Dossier

2021-2025

Texas State

Terrence Cooks II

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Pearland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Terrence Cooks II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Texas • TCU • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Terrence Cooks II built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pearland, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with TCU, Texas, and Texas State. The clearest part of Terrence Cooks II's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8994

Shadow Creek · Pearland, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Terrence Cooks II, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas State. Terrence Cooks II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
53
TFL
5.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Terrence Cooks II quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · LB
Career Tackles
53
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Texas State
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · Shadow Creek · Texas
High school pipeline
Shadow Creek · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
46 tackles · LB 317th (top 25%) · Sun Belt 91st (top 15%) · National 727th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonTexas00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonTCU00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonTCU2410--024.9
2024 Regular SeasonTCU13-0--045.8
2025 PostseasonTexas State112-01-055.8
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State11444.5111055.8

Related Context

Terrence Cooks II played LB for Texas, TCU, and Texas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Terrence Cooks II recorded 53 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Texas State paired 8.5 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Texas, TCU, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Texas State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

25.2

Usage

5.6

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 1. Eastern Michigan: 3. UTSA: 0. Arizona State: 0. Nicholls: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Troy: 0. Marshall: 0. Southern Miss: 1. UL Monroe: 1.5. South Alabama: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 2 by 18.3. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 42.5. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 5 by 20.8. Nicholls: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 2 by 18.3. Troy: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. Southern Miss: 12 by 60. UL Monroe: 6 by 40. South Alabama: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

60 vs Southern Miss

Result
Fri 1/2vs RiceW 41-1021000
Sat 11/29vs South AlabamaW 49-2664100
Sat 11/22vs UL MonroeW 31-14620.5000
Sat 11/15@ Southern Miss10+ tacklesW 41-14124100
Sat 10/18@ MarshallL 37-4042000
Sun 10/12vs TroyL 41-4840000
Sat 10/4@ Arkansas StateL 30-3122001
Sun 9/21vs NichollsW 35-311000
Sun 9/14@ Arizona StateL 15-3454000
Sat 9/6@ UTSAW 43-3610000
Sun 8/31vs Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 52-2732210

Player Story

Terrence Cooks II story

Terrence Cooks II built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pearland, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with TCU, Texas, and Texas State. The clearest part of Terrence Cooks II's career was his defensive production: 53 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Terrence Cooks II'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

    Texas

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    TCU

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Texas State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTexas0
2022 Regular SeasonTCU00
2023 Regular SeasonTCU113.32.91
2024 Regular SeasonTCU012.53-1
2025 PostseasonTexas State8.525.25.68.5
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State8.525.25.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 1 · W 52-27

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 94 Southern Miss

Week 12 · W 41-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 131 UL Monroe

Week 13 · W 31-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Houston

Week 3 · W 36-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 114 South Alabama

Week 14 · W 49-26 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Texas State

8.5 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

55.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas State

55.8

8.5 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · TCU

45.8

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games