2017 Football Roster
Roster
Logan Cooke
- Position:
- P/K
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Darbun, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Columbia Academy
2015 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
CAREER: One of the nation’s most versatile specialists who can punt, kickoff and kick field goals … Extremely strong leg and great hang time … Served as the primary punter his last three years and was the primary kickoff specialist as a senior and freshman … At 6-foot-5, tied for the seventh tallest starting punter in the nation as a senior … Mississippi native who was thrust into action as a true freshman midway through the 2014 season and shined ever since … Averages 41.7 yards per punt during his career (150 total punts), which ranked seventh in MSU career history … 35 of his 150 punts went over 50 yards, while 60 were pinned inside the 20 … Played in 45 career games … Career long punt is 68 yards … Averaged 62.6 yards per kickoff … 74 of his 156 kickoffs were touchbacks (47.4 percent).
2017 SENIOR SEASON: The starting punter for the third consecutive year, playing in all 13 games … Also had his best year as a kickoff specialist … Averaged 42.7 yards per punt, the 10th-best single-season mark in MSU history and also ranked eighth in the SEC in punting … Recorded a career-best 13 punts of 50 or more yards … Averaged 63.6 yards per kickoff, which was fifth in the SEC and 17th nationally … 43 of his 73 kickoffs were for touchbacks (58.9 percent) … Set a career-high with all nine of his kickoffs going for touchbacks at Louisiana Tech (9/9) and averaged 47.7 yards per punt in the win … Averaged 45.0 yards on seven kickoffs at Georgia (9/23), including a season-long 67-yarder … Had the best punting game of his career against BYU, averaging 53.0 yards with all three punts going over 50 yards.
2016 JUNIOR SEASON: Was the No. 1 punter on the team for a second consecutive year, playing in 10 games … Totaled 44 punts for 1,760 yards (40.0 average) including nine punts of 50+ yards and 22 punts inside the 20-yard line … In the season-opener vs. South Alabama (9/3), blasted five kickoffs for 325 yards, averaging a career-best 65.0 yards per kickoff while tallying another career-high of five total touchbacks … Against South Carolina, four punts for 198 total yards, including a career-long 68 yard punt, marked a career-best average of 49.5 yards per punt (9/10) … Placed a career-high five punts inside the 20-yard line in Baton Rouge (9/17) … Missed the final three games of the regular season - returned from knee injury to help the Bulldogs to a 17-16 St. Petersburg Bowl victory over Miami (Ohio).
2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Served as the No. 1 punter on the squad … Played in all 13 games … Punted 44 times for an average of 42.2 yards with 16 inside the 20-yard line … 12 of his punts were over 50 yards … Punted two times for 93 yards (46.5 average), recording one inside the 20 and one touchback in the season-opening victory at Southern Miss (9/5) … Finished the Troy victory (10/10) with a 48.6 yards per punt on five attempts, including a 65-yard punt … Boomed four punts for an average of 46.5 yards against Louisiana Tech (10/17), including two inside the 20-yard line … Averaged 44.3 yards per punt on six attempts against No. 2 Alabama (11/14), placing two inside the 20-yard line … Punted three times for an average of 49.3 yards in the Egg Bowl against No. 18 Ole Miss (11/28) … Named to the 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2014 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in nine games and saw most of his action on kickoffs and punts … Became the primary kickoff specialist midway through the season … Averaged 61.7 yards per kickoff with 15 touchbacks … Punted 10 times for an average of 41.4 yards … Attempted only one field goal on the year … Following a pre-game injury to Devon Bell, responded by stepping into starting role as punter and kickoff specialist against Texas A&M (10/4) … In that contest, punted four times for 181 yards and a season-best 45.2 yards per punt, including a 51-yarder … Also averaged a season-best 63.6 yards per kickoff with three touchbacks against the Aggies … Averaged 63.4 yards per kickoff with three touchdowns against Auburn a week later (10/11) … Drilled a season-best four touchbacks at Kentucky (10/25).
HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top punters in the South, who was selected to play in the 2014 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl ... Played for coach Kenny Williams at Columbia Academy and took on wide receiver and defensive back roles in addition to punting duties ... Was an all-state punter at Columbia … Named a 2013 Preseason Fourth-Team All-American by Chris Sailer Kicking ... Also ranked by Chris Sailer as the No. 3 punter in the country … Rated by ESPN.com as the 13th-best kicker in the nation ... A 2013 247Sports All-State All-Prospect First-Team Defense selection ... A member of the MaxPreps 2013 Mississippi Preseason All-State Football Team ... A three-star recruit according to ESPN.com, Scout.com and 247Sports ... Selected to the 2013 All-Gridiron Second Team by the Mississippi Gridiron and was a Second-Team All-Area honoree by the Hattiesburg American following final campaign ... In 2013, booted 19-of-22 kickoffs for touchbacks (86.4 percent) ... Averaged 68 yards per kickoff … Tallied 24 punts for an average of 44.2 yards per boot ... Went 8-of-11 on extra points … Also served as a wide receiver, hauling in 14 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns ... Missed one game due to a foot injury ... As a junior in 2012, boomed 48 kickoffs with 41 touchbacks (85.4 percent) ... Recorded 17 kickoffs for 70 or more yards (35.4 percent) and averaged 66.4 yards a boot ... Went 36-for-39 on PATs and 2-for-6 on field goals ... Set Columbia Academy School Records for points in a season by a kicker (43) and points in a career by a kicker (96) ... Punted 20 times and averaged 37.0 yards a kick, as the focus was directional punting … The 2012 District Special Teams MVP ... Took home the kickoff competition at Mississippi State ... During sophomore year, averaged 58 yards a kickoffs, went 20-for-23 on PATs and two-of-six on field goals ... Punted 31 times for a 35-yard average … Served as the vice president of high school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes group.
PERSONAL: Born Logan Edward Cooke on July 28, 1995, in Columbia, Miss. … Parents are Len and Tracey Cooke … Has a sister, Jordan … Majoring in kinesiology … Twitter handle is @LoganCooke2.
COOKE’S CAREER HIGHS
Punts: 7 (twice), last at Georgia (9-23-17)
Punting Yards: 315, at Georgia (9-23-17)
Punting Average: 53.0 vs. BYU (10-14-17)
Long Punt: 68, vs. South Carolina (9-10-16)
50+ Punts: 3 (several times) last vs. BYU (10-14-17)
Punts Inside 20: 5, at LSU (9-17-16)
Kickoff Yards: 585 at Louisiana Tech (9-9-17)
Kickoff Average: 65.0 (several times), last vs. Ole Miss (11-23-17)
Kickoff Touchbacks: 9, at Louisiana Tech (9-9-17)
![Jacksonville Jaguars punter Logan Cooke (9) punts during the second quarter of an NFL football matchup at EverBank Stadium, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jaguars defeated the Jets 48-20. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]](https://images.sidearmdev.com/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net%2Fsidearm.nextgen.sites%2Fmsstate.sidearmsports.com%2Fimages%2F2026%2F1%2F1%2FUSATSI_27828199.jpg&height=340&type=webp)
