Buck Cooper

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Savannah, Ga.
High School:
Jenkins HS
Previous School:
Georgia State

AS A SENIOR AT GEORGIA STATE (2024): Redshirted … Did not see game action.

AS A JUNIOR AT GEORGIA STATE (2023): Played in 11 games … Logged 19 tackles (16 solo), including one tackle for loss … Also turned in an interception, two pass break-ups and a quarterback hurry … Tallied multiple tackles against five opponents, including a season-high four stops against Georgia Southern … Registered his lone tackle for loss on the season against Coastal Carolina … Broke up a lone pass in consecutive games with Marshall and Georgia Southern.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT GEORGIA STATE (2022): Played in 10 games, with a bulk of action coming on special teams … Tallied four tackles … Saw action in the secondary in outings with South Carolina, Louisiana Monroe and James Madison.

AS A FRESHMAN AT GEORGIA STATE (2021): Played in nine games … Registered four tackles … Logged first collegiate tackle against Texas State … Also logged stops against Coastal Carolina, Arkansas State and in Camellia Bowl win over Ball State.

AS A FRESHMAN AT GEORGIA STATE (2020): Did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Jenkins High School for coach Jason Cameron … Won the Finocchiaro Award as the top player in Savannah and took home all-state laurels following senior campaign that saw him register 50 tackles (31 solo), including 1-1/2 tackles for loss … Also turned in two sacks, four interceptions and a quartet of pass break-ups … Forced two fumbles as well … A two-way player, he also hauled in 13 catches for 254 yards and four touchdowns … Tallied 33 tackles (19 solo) as a junior, while also picking off three passes and logging a pass break-up … Named offensive player of the year after catching 15 passes for 218 yards and four scores … Also lettered in basketball for the Warriors.

PERSONAL: The son of Katrina and Ronald Cooper Jr. … Has three sisters – Kenyada, Rahnie and Madison … Maintained a 3.3 cumulative grade point average at Jenkins High School and graduated in the top 22 percent of his 257-member senior class … A teaching major at Mercer.