2022 Football Roster
Roster
Cooper, Ty

Jersey Number 45
Ty Cooper
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Louisville HS
Bio
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 35 career games with three starts … Ended his Mississippi State career with 55 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … Transferred to Tulane following the 2024 season.
2024 (Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with one start … Recorded 29 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … 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 … at Ole Miss (11/29): Recorded three tackles.
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.
SEC Graduate
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 35 career games with three starts … Ended his Mississippi State career with 55 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … Transferred to Tulane following the 2024 season.
2024 (Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with one start … Recorded 29 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … 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 … at Ole Miss (11/29): Recorded three tackles.
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
Tackles: 7, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Tackles for Loss: 2.0, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
QB Hurries: 1, 2x, last vs. Eastern Kentucky (08/31/2024)
FOOTBALL | Jeff Lebby Postgame vs. Southern Miss
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Brylan Lanier INT
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Fluff Bothwell TD
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Ferrie 55-yard FG
Saturday, August 30