Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Stanford
Ernest Cooper
LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Arlington, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ernest Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Player Story
Ernest Cooper built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Arlington, TX wearing No. 44, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Ernest Cooper's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Ernest Cooper, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford. Ernest Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ernest Cooper quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · LB
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- Arizona State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Martin · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Martin · 45 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · LB 551st (top 44%) · ACC 247th (top 32%) · National 1,841st (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 4 | 12 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 45.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Stanford | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 15.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 11 | 22 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 31 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 23 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
Related Context
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Ernest Cooper played LB for Stanford. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ernest Cooper recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Stanford paired 9 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20.6
Usage
6
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0. BYU: 1. Boston College: 2. Virginia: 0. San José State: 0. Florida State: 1. Pittsburgh: 3. California: 2. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 2 by 18.3. Boston College: 3 by 32.5. Virginia: 5 by 20.8. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 3 by 22.5. Pittsburgh: 2 by 38.3. California: 3 by 32.5. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Notre Dame | L 20-49 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | W 31-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs PittsburghSplash game | L 20-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | vs Florida State | W 20-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs San José State | W 30-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Virginia | L 20-48 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Boston CollegeSplash game | W 30-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ BYU | L 3-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Hawai'i | L 20-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ernest Cooper story
Ernest Cooper built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Arlington, TX wearing No. 44, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Ernest Cooper's career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Ernest Cooper's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Stanford
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 5.5 | 26.3 | 7.4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Stanford | 2 | 8.2 | 2.8 | -3.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 5.5 | 13.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 20.6 | 6 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arizona State
Week 8 · W 15-14 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 10 · L 20-35 · Conference game
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.
#3
@ San José State
Week 14 · L 31-34
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Arizona
Week 4 · L 20-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 97 Boston College
Week 3 · W 30-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Stanford
9 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 6 usage
55.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Stanford
45.9
5.5 primary · 26.3 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Stanford
31
5.5 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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