Player Dossier

2025-2025

Duke

Cooper Barkate

WR • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Newport Beach, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Cooper Barkate reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Cooper Barkate built his college career in 2025 as a wide receiver from Newport Beach, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Cooper Barkate's career was his receiving role: 72 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8889

Mater Dei · Santa Ana, CA

Committed To
Harvard
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Cooper Barkate, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Cooper Barkate reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,106
Receptions
72
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Cooper Barkate quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,106
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Mater Dei · Harvard
High school pipeline
Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
1,106 receiving yards · WR 9th (top 1%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 9th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2025 PostseasonDuke14437182.4
2025 Regular SeasonDuke14681,069682.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Duke to MiamiP4 to P488.4Jan 22, 2026
2025Unlisted to DukeUnlisted to P479.8Dec 29, 2024

Cooper Barkate played WR for Duke. Across 1 tracked season, Cooper Barkate recorded 1,106 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Duke paired 1,106 primary output with 89.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 89.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Duke

Games

14

Receiving Yards / G

79

Efficiency

89.3

Usage

21

Consistency

70.6

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 37. Elon: 117. Illinois: 88. Tulane: 67. NC State: 65. Syracuse: 72. California: 66. Georgia Tech: 172. Clemson: 127. UConn: 50. Virginia: 45. North Carolina: 26. Wake Forest: 83. Virginia: 91

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 4 by 61.7. Elon: 5 by 100. Illinois: 4 by 100. Tulane: 5 by 89.3. NC State: 3 by 100. Syracuse: 4 by 100. California: 5 by 88. Georgia Tech: 13 by 88.2. Clemson: 6 by 100. UConn: 5 by 66.7. Virginia: 3 by 100. North Carolina: 2 by 86.7. Wake Forest: 8 by 69.2. Virginia: 5 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins76 · Games = 9 · -8.4 vs Losses
Losses84.4 · Games = 5 · +8.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia

Result
Wed 12/31vs Arizona StateW 42-394379.39.30115
Sun 12/7@ VirginiaW 27-2059118.218.20038
Sat 11/29vs Wake ForestHigh volumeW 49-3288310.410.40037
Sat 11/22@ North CarolinaW 32-252261313024
Sat 11/15vs VirginiaL 17-343451515115
Sat 11/8@ UConnL 34-375501010018
Sat 11/1@ Clemson100 receiving yardsW 46-45612721.221.20177
Sat 10/18vs Georgia Tech100 receiving yards · High volumeL 18-271317213.213.20035
Sun 10/5@ CaliforniaW 45-2156613.213.20115
Sat 9/27@ Syracuse2+ TDW 38-34721818234
Sat 9/20vs NC StateW 45-3336521.721.70137
Sun 9/14@ TulaneL 27-3456713.413.40024
Sat 9/6vs IllinoisL 19-454882222041
Thu 8/28vs Elon100 receiving yardsW 45-17511723.423.40046

Player Story

Cooper Barkate story

Cooper Barkate built his college career in 2025 as a wide receiver from Newport Beach, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Cooper Barkate's career was his receiving role: 72 catches, 1,106 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Cooper Barkate moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonDuke1,10689.321
2025 Regular SeasonDuke1,10689.3210

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 8 · L 18-27 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

172

Receiving Yards

96.1 takeover

172 receiving yards with a 88.2 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 34 Clemson

Week 10 · W 46-45 · Conference game

127

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

127 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 31 Virginia

Week 15 · W 27-20 · Conference game

91

Receiving Yards

80.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Elon

Week 1 · W 45-17

117

Receiving Yards

76.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

117 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 52 Wake Forest

Week 14 · W 49-32 · Conference game

83

Receiving Yards

72.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

83 receiving yards with a 69.2 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Duke

1,106 primary output · 89.3 efficiency · 21 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Duke

82.4

1,106 primary · 89.3 efficiency · 21 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games