Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Houston
Keith Cooper Jr.
DL • 6'5" • 280 lbs • Dickinson, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keith Cooper Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tulane • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Keith Cooper Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Dickinson, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Houston and Tulane. The clearest part of Keith Cooper Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Syracuse
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Keith Cooper Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Houston. Keith Cooper Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 24
- Sacks
- 14
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Keith Cooper Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · DL
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Neumann Goretti · Syracuse
- High school pipeline
- Neumann Goretti · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 46 tackles · DL 31st (top 4%) · Big 12 85th (top 12%) · National 735th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 11 | 18 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 19.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 9 | 17 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 12 | 30 | 8.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 46 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 71.3 |
Related Context
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Keith Cooper Jr. played DL for Tulane and Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keith Cooper Jr. recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Houston paired 21 primary output with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2024 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 Tulane, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Houston
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
33.5
Usage
11
Consistency
59.9
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 2. Oklahoma: 5. Rice: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. Iowa State: 1. TCU: 3. Kansas: 0. Utah: 3. Kansas State: 2. Arizona: 2. Baylor: 1. BYU: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 3 by 32.5. Oklahoma: 5 by 70.8. Rice: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 5 by 25.8. Iowa State: 1 by 14.2. TCU: 2 by 38.3. Kansas: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 3 by 42.5. Kansas State: 4 by 36.7. Arizona: 6 by 45. Baylor: 9 by 47.5. BYU: 4 by 31.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ BYU | L 18-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Baylor | L 10-20 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ ArizonaSplash game | L 3-27 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Kansas StateSplash game | W 24-19 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs UtahSplash game | W 17-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Kansas | L 14-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/4 | @ TCUSplash game | W 30-19 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Iowa State | L 0-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Cincinnati | L 0-34 | 5 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Rice | W 33-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ OklahomaSplash game | L 12-16 | 5 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UNLVSplash game | L 7-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keith Cooper Jr. story
Keith Cooper Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Dickinson, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Houston and Tulane. The clearest part of Keith Cooper Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Keith Cooper Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Tulane
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 6.5 | 12.7 | 3.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 9 | 17.9 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 18.5 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 18.5 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Houston | 21 | 33.5 | 11 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTSA
Week 13 · W 29-16 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Oklahoma
Week 2 · L 12-16
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Morgan State
Week 2 · W 69-20
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 13 · W 27-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#5
vs UCF
Week 14 · W 45-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Houston
21 primary output · 33.5 efficiency · 11 usage
71.3
#2
2023 Postseason · Tulane
53.2
18.5 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Tulane
53.2
18.5 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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