Player Dossier

2024-2025

App State

DeNigel Cooper

DL • 6'3" • 260 lbs • Kingsland, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DeNigel Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Player Story

DeNigel Cooper built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Kingsland, GA wearing No. 93, spending time with App State. The clearest part of DeNigel Cooper's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8528

Camden County · Kingsland, GA

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

DeNigel Cooper, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · App State. DeNigel Cooper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
23
TFL
1
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

DeNigel Cooper quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · DL
Career Tackles
23
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · App State
Top game
Arkansas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Camden County · App State
High school pipeline
Camden County · 37 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 93 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DL 296th (top 28%) · Sun Belt 209th (top 33%) · National 1,833rd (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonApp State00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonApp State122-0--039.6
2025 Regular SeasonApp State122110.551039.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026App State to WisconsinG5/FCS to P481.4Jan 16, 2026

DeNigel Cooper played DL for App State. Across 2 tracked seasons, DeNigel Cooper recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

App State paired 7.5 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.2 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: Arkansas State

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 Postseason · App State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

14.2

Usage

3.6

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 0. Charlotte: 0. Lindenwood: 2. Southern Miss: 0. Boise State: 0. Oregon State: 0. Georgia State: 1. Coastal Carolina: 1. Old Dominion: 0.5. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 0. Arkansas State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. Charlotte: 2 by 8.3. Lindenwood: 1 by 24.2. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 3 by 22.5. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Old Dominion: 3 by 17.5. James Madison: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 34.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Arkansas State

Result
Mon 12/29vs Georgia SouthernL 10-2920000
Sat 11/29vs Arkansas StateSplash gameL 29-30100.500.501
Sat 11/22vs MarshallW 26-2422000
Sat 11/15@ James MadisonL 10-5821000
Sat 10/25@ Old DominionL 21-24310.5000
Sat 10/18vs Coastal CarolinaL 37-4521000
Sat 10/11@ Georgia StateW 41-2032000
Sat 10/4vs Oregon StateW 27-2310000
Sat 9/27@ Boise StateL 14-4731000
Sat 9/13@ Southern MissL 22-3810000
Sat 9/6vs LindenwoodSplash gameW 20-1310000
Fri 8/29@ CharlotteW 34-1121000

Player Story

DeNigel Cooper story

DeNigel Cooper built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Kingsland, GA wearing No. 93, spending time with App State. The clearest part of DeNigel Cooper's career was his defensive production: 23 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives DeNigel Cooper's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    App State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonApp State0
2025 PostseasonApp State7.514.23.67.5
2025 Regular SeasonApp State7.514.23.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 14 · L 29-30 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina

Week 8 · L 37-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Lindenwood

Week 2 · W 20-13

2

Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 133 Georgia State

Week 7 · W 41-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

33.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.3 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 49 Old Dominion

Week 9 · L 21-24 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

26.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · App State

7.5 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage

39.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · App State

39.6

7.5 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · App State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games