Darius Cooper
American football player (born 2001)
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Darius Cooper (born November 22, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tarleton State Texans and was signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2025. In his playoff debut against the San Francisco 49ers Cooper caught 1 pass for 9 yards.
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
| No. 80 – Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
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| Born | November 22, 2001 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Hazelwood West (Hazelwood, Missouri) | ||||||
| College | Tarleton State (2020–2024) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted | ||||||
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Early life
Cooper is from St. Louis, Missouri.[1] He attended Hazelwood West High School where he played football as a quarterback, throwing for 1,275 yards and 15 touchdowns while running for 870 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior.[2] He committed to play college football for the Tarleton State Texans, having been lightly recruited coming out of high school.[2]
College career
As a freshman at Tarleton State in 2020, Cooper appeared in six games and caught one pass for six yards.[1] He caught five passes for 38 yards and a touchdown in 2021.[1] In 2022, he had a breakout year and caught 54 passes for 1,063 yards and nine touchdowns.[3] He was named first-team All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for his performance in 2022, then earned second-team All-United Athletic Conference (UAC) honors in 2023 after catching 28 passes for 622 yards and five touchdowns.[1] In his last season, 2024, Cooper had his best year, finishing second in the NCAA Division I in receiving yards while totaling 76 receptions for 1,450 yards and 14 touchdowns, an average of 19.1 yards-per-catch.[3][4] Cooper was selected first-team All-UAC and a first-team FCS All-American.[1]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 5 ft 11+1⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 213 lb (97 kg) | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 4.49 s | 1.64 s | 2.57 s | 4.20 s | 7.11 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) | 18 reps |
| All values from Pro Day[5][6] | ||||||||||||
After going unselected in the 2025 NFL draft, Cooper signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent.[4] In his first preseason game with the team, he posted a team-leading six catches for 82 yards and a touchdown.[7] Cooper subsequently made the team's 53-man roster to begin the season.[8] On September 24, 2025, Cooper was placed on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury.[9] On October 25, 2025, Cooper was activated from injured reserve.[10]