Emmanuel Cooper

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Position:
DL
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 300
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Arkadelphia, Ark.
Prev School:
Arkadelphia HS

Career
Appeared in 35 career games at Memphis, including 11 of 14 games in his senior season ... Finished his career with 54 total tackles, including 13.5 TFL, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Also posted one sack in his time at Memphis ... Graduated from Memphis in December of 2018.

Awards (Academic/Athletic)
2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2015 fall, 2016 spring and 2018 spring semesters.

2018 (Senior)
Appeared in 11 of 14 games at Memphis ... Finished with 5.5 TFL and 18 total tackles as a senior defensive lineman ... Posted a season-best four tackles in the win at SMU (11/15/18) and had two TFL in the win at ECU (11/3/18) ... Had two quarterback hurries in the ECU win and finished with four for the season.

2017 (Junior)
Saw action in 12 of the 13 games … Made four starts … Only game missed (injury) was a home win over SMU … Registered 27 total tackles (14 solo) … The 27 total hits were tied for second among the defensive linemen … Had five TFL, two QB hurries, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble … Logged a season-best four total hits in four games (Louisiana Monroe, UCLA, Southern Illinois, Iowa State) … Best performance of the season came in the home win over UCLA … In addition to four total stops (2 solo), posted a career-best three TFL (5 yards), one forced fumble and a fumble recovery … The forced fumble and recovery were the firsts of his career … The key play came after UCLA had intercepted a Memphis pass and started a drive in Tigers’ territory … On UCLA’s first play after the Memphis miscue, tackled Bruins RB Brand Stephens and stripped him of the ball … Recovered his own caused fumble and ended a Bruins potential scoring threat … Logged a season-high three solo stops in the season opener vs. Louisiana Monroe.

2016 (Sophomore)
Played in nine contests, including the Boca Raton Bowl … Posted eight total tackles (7-1), three TFL (6 yards), one sack (4 yards) and one QB hurry … Had career game vs. Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl … Had career highs vs. the Hilltoppers for total tackles (5), solo stops (5), TFL (2.0), TFL yardage (5), sacks (1.0), sack yardage (4) and QB hurries (1) … Also logged solo hits in wins over Bowling Green and SMU … Had an assisted tackle in the road victory at Cincinnati … His one tackle vs. Bowling Green was a TFL (1 yard) … Saw first game action of the season in the opener vs. Southeast Missouri.

2015 (Freshman)
Saw limited action in three games ... Made one tackle, a solo stop ... Made his collegiate playing debut in the season-opening win over Missouri State ... Recorded his first collegiate tackle, an unassisted hit, in the fourth quarter vs. the Bears ... His solo stop was for no gain on a 2nd-and-10 play ... Also saw game action in victories over Kansas and SMU.

High School
Played for head coach J.R. Eldridge at Arkadelphia High School ... For his career, notched 312 total tackles, 55 TFL, 37 sacks, nine forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries … Also scored four TD in prep career ... Named to the 2014 Arkansas Activities Association’s (AAA) Class 4A All-State Team … Earned all-state honors twice and all-conference accolades three times … Twice named to The Democrat-Gazette Super Team …. Other 2014 honors included: Farm Bureau 4A Defensive Player of the Year, Little Rock Touchdown Club 4A Player of the Year and District 7-4A Lineman of the Year … Helped lead the Badgers to the 2014 AAA Class 4A state playoffs quarterfinal round ... As a junior in 2013, led the Badgers with 133 tackles, 37 TFL, 11 sacks and four forced fumbles … Also played running back his junior campaign, racking up 382 rushing yards … Helped lead the Badgers to a 7-4A Conference championship crown his junior year.

Personal
Son of Mary Alice Franklin … Has an older sister, TasheAuna, and a younger brother, Jacob … Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... Birthday is December 25 ... Health studies major.