Shammond Cooper

Position:
LB
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
225
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Trinity Catholic | Illinois

2025: Named to the Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC Third Team

2024: Appeared and started two games… recorded seven tackles… had 0.5 tackles for loss for one yard… recorded one pass breakup…

2023: Played in 11 games... made 20 solo tackles, 33 assisted tackles, and 53 total tackles... had 7.5 tackles for loss resulting in 47 yards... had three sacks had one forced fumble... had a season-high nine tackles at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 14)...

PRIOR TO AKRON: Four-year member of Illinois football team appearing in 18 games and recording nine tackles, including four solo stops...played in eight games in 2022, primarily on special teams posting one tackle on the season...appeared in three games in 2021 and garnered Academic All-Big Ten accolades...played in four games in 2020 and registered three tackles and 0.5 TFL...as a freshman in 2019, played in three games and made five tackles before redshirting the season...four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN at Trinity Catholic High School...three-star recruit by Rivals...ranked No. 149 recruit in the nation by ESPN and No. 531 by 247Sports...rated No. 26 inside LB in the nation by 247Sports and No. 30 by Rivals...ranked No. 13 outside linebacker in the nation by ESPN, No. 4 recruit in Missouri by ESPN and No. 10 by 247Sports and Rivals...rated as high as No. 128 overall recruit in the nation in May 2017 according to 247Sports Composite...competed in 2019 Under Amour All-American Game...named 2018 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Defensive Player of the Year...2018 USA TODAY All-USA Missouri first team...2018 Missouri Football Coaches Association Class 3 All-State first team...2018 The Opening Finals participant...posted137 tackles, 16.0 TFL and 5.0 sacks as a senior...led Trinity Catholic to Missouri Class 3 state title as a senior...tallied 8.0 tackles in 2018 Missouri Class 4 state title game to help Trinity Catholic beat Cardinal Ritter...directed Trinity Catholic in tackles for four years.

PERSONAL: Son of William and Ruth Cooper... pursuing a masters in exercise science...