2023: Started all 12 regular-season games, recording a team-best and career-high 84 tackles while also posting career highs in solo tackles (39), tackles for a loss (17, led the SEC and tied for No. 6 in the Power 5), sacks (eight, tied for No. 5 in the SEC and tied for No. 16 in the nation), QB hurries (10) and forced fumbles (two)…Also posted two passes defensed and a fumble recovery…Received first-team All-America honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, AP and the American Football Coaches Association to become a consensus All-America selection...Also earned first-team All-America accolades from The Athletic, ESPN and CBS Sports and second-team honors from the FWAA and Sporting News...Earned first-team All-SEC honors from the league's coaches…Named the Defensive MVP at the annual team banquet...Helped the Aggies rank in the top 20 in the nation in both total defense (No. 19, 316.2 ypg) and rushing defense (No. 13, 108.8 ypg)…Posted seven-plus tackles in seven games…Recorded a tackle for a loss in nine contests…Registered at least a half-sack in six of the final nine games he played in…Vs. New Mexico (Sept. 2): Recorded eight tackles (four solo), a career-best three tackles for a loss and a QB hurry…At Miami (Fla.) (Sept. 9): Posted six tackles (three solo) and a tackle for a loss, and recovered a fumble on a muffed punt at the Miami 9, setting up a TD to make it 7-0 in the first quarter...Vs. Auburn (Sept. 23): Posted eight tackles (five solo), three tackles for a loss (tied career high) and two sacks, the first multi-sack game of his career...Vs. Arkansas (Sept. 30): Registered six tackles (two solo), two tackles for a loss, a QB hurry and a sack...Vs. Alabama (Oct. 7): Tied his career high with 11 tackles (six solo) and posted a career-best three sacks and a forced fumble…Vs. South Carolina (Oct. 28): Named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week and Bednarik Player of the Week after registering seven tackles (five solo), 1½ tackles for a loss, a half-sack, four QB hurries, a pass defensed and a forced fumble...Vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 11): Tied his career high with 11 tackles (six solo) while adding a QB hit…At LSU (Nov. 25): Posted eight tackles (three solo), a tackle for a loss, a sack and two QB hurries.
2022: Appeared in 11 games with eight starts, recording 61 tackles (33 solo), eight tackles for a loss, five QB hurries, an interception, a career-best five passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…Recorded at least a shared tackle for a loss in nine contests…Posted five-plus tackles in eight games…Registered a QB hurry in four of the first five contests...Vs. Appalachian State (Sept. 10): Posted 10 tackles (five solo) and a QB hurry…At Alabama (Oct. 8): Racked up eight tackles (five solo), two tackles for a loss and his first career fumble recovery, giving the Aggies the ball at the Crimson Tide 30 and setting up a drive that resulted in a TD to tie the game at 7 in the second quarter…Vs. Florida (Nov. 5): Registered seven tackles (four solo) and a QB hurry…Vs. LSU (Nov. 26): Posted seven tackles (five solo) for the third time in four games and forced his first career fumble that was recovered by DB Demani Richardson and returned for a 27-yard TD.
2021: Appeared in all 12 games with one start and earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team after registering 58 tackles (37 solo), 5½ tackles for a loss, a half-sack, two QB hurries, an interception and a pass defensed…Finished No. 4 on the team in tackles…Earned Defensive Most Improved and the Defensive Aggie Award for strength and conditioning at the annual team banquet…Vs. Kent State (Sept. 4): Made his first career start and racked up five tackles (two solo)…Vs. New Mexico (Sept. 18): Registered three tackles (all solo), a tackle for a loss and his first career interception midway through the fourth quarter…Vs. Alabama (Oct. 9): Logged five tackles (three solo) and a pass defensed as part of a defense that limited the Crimson Tide to just 10 points in the first half, the fewest points the Crimson Tide had scored in the first half since being held scoreless by Georgia to start the 2017 national title game…At Missouri (Oct. 16): Posted a team-high eight tackles (season-best seven solo) and a tackle for a loss…Vs. South Carolina (Oct. 23): Tied for the team lead with five tackles (three solo) and added a QB hurry...Vs. Auburn (Nov. 6): Posted seven tackles (six solo), including a tackle for a loss as part of a defense that held the Tigers to three points, the fewest Auburn had scored in a game since 2012 against Alabama…Vs. Ole Miss (Nov. 13): Finished with a career-high 11 tackles (six solo), including a season-best two tackles for a loss.
2020: Saw action in all 10 games, mainly on special teams…Registered two tackles (both solo) on defense.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Covington (La.) High School, where he played running back and linebacker…As a junior, tallied 85 tackles, 10 tackles for a loss, a sack and a forced fumble…Also lettered three years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Given name Edgerrin Michael Cooper…Born in Covington, La. …Nicknamed "Coop"…His brother, James, played football at Shaw University and his brother, Ed, played at McNeese State…Visited a children's hospital while in high school…Helped out at a food pantry while in college.
