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STARKVILLE, MS - March 28, 2023 - Mississippi State Tight End Ty Cooper (#95) during spring practice at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS. Photo By Jaden Powell
Photo by: Jaden Powell/MSU Athletics
STARKVILLE, MS - March 28, 2023 - Mississippi State Tight End Ty Cooper (#95) during spring practice at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS. Photo By Jaden Powell
Photo by: Jaden Powell/MSU Athletics
STARKVILLE, MS - March 28, 2023 - Mississippi State Tight End Ty Cooper (#95) during spring practice at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS. Photo By Jaden Powell
Photo by: Jaden Powell/MSU Athletics
STARKVILLE, MS - July 19, 2024 - Mississippi State Linebacker Ty Cooper (#11) during 2024-2025 Football Production Day at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, MS. Photo By Mike Mattina
Jersey Number 11

Ty Cooper

  • Position:
    LB
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    245
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Louisville, Miss.
  • High School/Previous School:
    Louisville HS
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Career Notes & Records
Has appeared in 34 games with three starts ... Earned his undergrad degree from Mississippi State in psychology
 
2024 (Junior Season)
Has played in 11 games with one start … Has one tackle and one QB hurry on the year … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his first start of the season (third straight dating back to 2023) … Had one assisted tackle in the contest … Recorded one QB hurry ... at Arizona State (9/7): Record four tackles and four assisted ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded three tackles, two solo and one assisted ...  Florida (9/21): Recorded three assisted tackles ... at Texas (9/28): Recorded two tackles, one solo and one assisted ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded one solo tackle ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded one assisted tackle ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded two assisted tackles ... UMass (11/2): Recorded seven tackles, three solo and four assisted … had a season-high two tackles for loss, for a loss of five yards … Earned his first career sack ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded two assisted.
 
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season)
Appeared in all 12 games with two starts … Played both on the defensive line and special teams … Recorded 13 tackles, three solo and 10 assisted … According to PFF, earned a season-high tackle grade of 75.2 against Southern Miss … Alabama (9/30): Recorded three tackles … Western Michigan (10/7): Finished with a pair of tackles … Southern Miss (11/18): Made his first career start as a Bulldog … Ole Miss (11/23): Recorded four tackles and a quarterback hurry.

2022 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in three games ... Finished with six tackles including a split tackle for loss … Earned a redshirt ... Memphis (9/3): Tallied a pair of tackles ... ETSU (11/19): Made three tackles including a split tackle for loss ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Recorded a tackle in State's win in the 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl.

2021 (True Freshman Season)
Appeared in eight games as a true freshman and finished with seven tackles and one-half tackle for loss … at No. 15 Texas A&M (10/2): Made collegiate debut … at Vanderbilt (10/23): Recorded a pair of assisted tackles, the first of his collegiate career … Tennessee State (11/20): Totaled a career-high three tackles and also added a half-tackle for loss … Texas Tech (12/28): Tallied a pair of stops in the Liberty Bowl … Also saw action against No. 5 Alabama (10/16), No. 12 Kentucky (10/30), Arkansas (11/6) and No. 9 Ole Miss (11/25).

High School
Prepped at Louisville High School under head coach Tyrone Shorter ... Three-star recruit per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports ... Rated as the No. 60 defensive end recruit by 247Sports ... Tabbed a top-20 recruit in Mississippi by ESPN (No. 19), Rivals (No. 20) and 247Sports (No. 17) ... Named to the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen as a senior ... For his career, piled up 211 tackles, including 66.0 tackles for loss and 22.0 sacks ... Added four fumbles recovered, three fumbles caused and two interceptions ... Scored twice in his career on defense, once on a fumble return and once on an interception ... As a senior, logged 112 tackles, including 40.0 tackles for loss ... Totaled 12.0 sacks ... Had three forced fumbles, three fumbles recovered and one interception ... As a junior, posted 63 stops with 21.0 tackles for loss and nine sacks ... Added one interception and one fumble recovered ... As a sophomore, logged 35 tackles ... Posted 4.0 tackles for loss ... As a freshman, lone tackle was a sack ... Invited to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Committed to MSU on Feb. 3, 2021.
 
Personal
Born Tyvoris De’Sean Cooper on Oct. 15, 2002 … Son of Sonja Cooper and Terrel Thompkins … Has nine siblings: Quay, Quan, Caden, Ace, Axe, Jordan, Ajira, Avery and Attie ... Majoring in psychology.
 
Social Media
X/Twitter – @Ty_7_Cooper
Instagram – theyknotycoop

Career-Highs Entering 2024
Tackles: 4, vs. Ole Miss (11/23/2023)
Tackles for Loss: 0.5, 2x, Last vs. ETSU (11/19/2022)
QB Hurries: 1, vs. Ole Miss (11/23/2023)