Jarvis Cooper

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Position:
RB
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 245
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
West Memphis, Ark.
HS:
West Memphis HS
Prev School:
West Memphis HS

Honors (Academic/Athletic):: Earned Tiger 3.0 distinction for Fall 2014 semester.

2014 (Freshman): Played in 12 games as a true freshman and is the leading rusher returner for 2015 with 378 rushing yards and four touchdowns … With 75 carries during the season, averaged 5.0 yards per rushing attempt … Began collegiate career with a 101-yard rushing effort against Austin Peay in the season opener … With Memphis leading 56-0, first collegiate rushing attempt came on the first play of the fourth quarter of the Austin Peay game … Busted loose for an 11-yard run to the Memphis 26 … Also had a 37-yard run during the offense series … Later in the quarter, a 21-yard run would set up first collegiate touchdown from six yards out … In the third quarter of the Tigers’ 41-14 win at Cincinnati to open American Athletic Conference play helped set up the team’s final touchdown with back-to-back six yard runs … Rushed for 41 yards on 13 carries against the Bearcats … In a 48-10 win at SMU that began a seven-game winning streak the start a seven-game winning streak, rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns … Had a season-high 16 carries in the game played in Dallas … Put the Tigers out in front 14-0 early in the second quarter on a one-yard scoring run … Began the second quarter with a 31-yard run to the SMU 25 … During the 14-play drive that consumed 5:31 of the first and second quarter had six carries for 43 yards … Rushed for 25 yards in the Tigers’ win at Tulane … In the Tigers’ 41-10 over UConn to capture the American Athletic Conference championship rushed for 48 yards on eight carries … In the fourth quarter had five straight carries including runs for 12 and 18 yards to set up a one-yard scoring plunge … In the Miami Beach Bowl victory over BYU had back-to-back runs of six and five yards to help set up a third-quarter touchdown that put Memphis out in front of the Cougars, 31-28 … Finished with five carries for 18 yards in the bowl victory.

West Memphis Senior High School Started on both sides of the football for Class 7A West Memphis High School ... Two-time selection to the Associated Press Super Team which encompasses all classes of Arkansas high school football ... Also a two-time Class 7A all-state selection ... Named to the 2013 American Family Insurance All-USA Arkansas Football Team ... Selected to play in the Arkansas Activities Association 2014 All-Star Football Game ... Three-time Arkansas Democrat-Gazette first-team defensive selection ... Two-time Best of Preps selection by the Commercial-Appeal ... Three-time all-conference selection ... Over playing career, carried the ball 462 times for 2714 yards and 36 touchdowns ... Also had 13 receptions for 202 yards ... Defensively, registered 179 tackles including 114 unassisted stops ... Registered 56 tackles for loss, 17 quarterback sacks and credited with 62 quarterback hurries during prep career ... Played on the defensive line at both end and nose tackle ... Also saw some time at linebacker ... Rushed for better than 1,300 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior ... Against Little Rock Central, rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries ... Democrat-Gazette's Sophomore Defensive Player of the Year ... High school coach was Larry Dauksch.

Personal Son of Teresa Cooper and Ivy Miller ... Born Nov. 7, 1995 in West Memphis, Ark. ... Health and Human Performance / Exercise and Sports Science major.