Player Career

Cooper Rush Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Cooper Rush story

Cooper Rush built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Charlotte, MI wearing No. 10, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Cooper Rush's career was his passing role: 12,894 passing yards, 90 touchdown passes, and 1,648 attempts across 50 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Central Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1 receiving yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 50 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Central Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Cooper Rush 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Central Michigan

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420142015201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan2,26551.210.32,265
2014 PostseasonCentral Michigan3,10659.411.3841
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan3,10659.411.30
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan3,8966118790
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan3,89661180
2016 PostseasonCentral Michigan3,51956.517.3-377
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan3,51956.517.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Toledo

Week 11 · L 23-28 · Conference game

Loss with 372 yards of offense and 61.1 efficiency.

372

Total Offense

77.7 takeover

372 total offense with 61.1 efficiency.

#2

@ Western Kentucky

Week 1 · L 48-49 · Postseason

519

Total Offense

76.9 takeover

Loss with 519 yards of offense and 69.3 efficiency.

519 total offense with 69.3 efficiency.

#3

@ Ball State

Week 11 · L 24-44 · Conference game

305

Total Offense

71.5 takeover

Loss with 305 yards of offense and 63.5 efficiency.

305 total offense with 63.5 efficiency.

#4

@ Western Michigan

Week 6 · L 39-41 · Conference game

360

Total Offense

69 takeover

Loss with 360 yards of offense and 80.2 efficiency.

360 total offense with 80.2 efficiency.

#5

vs UNLV

Week 3 · W 44-21

388

Total Offense

69 takeover

Win with 388 yards of offense and 87.4 efficiency.

388 total offense with 87.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Central Michigan

3,896 primary output · 61 efficiency · 18 usage

71.9

#2

2015 Regular Season · Central Michigan

71.9

3,896 primary · 61 efficiency · 18 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Central Michigan

68.1

3,519 primary · 56.5 efficiency · 17.3 usage

Milestones

23

250+ passing yards

14

300+ total offense

11

3+ TD games

18

Above avg efficiency