Edgerrin Cooper

Cooper, named after Edgerrin James was born in Covington, Louisiana and attended high school at Covington. In Cooper's senior season of high school, he notched 118 tackles with 22 being for a loss, two sacks, and five touchdowns on offense.^[1] Cooper would decide to commit to play college football for the Texas A&M Aggies.^[2][3]

In Cooper's first season in the 2020 COVID shortened year, he recorded two tackles in two games.^[4] Cooper would have a breakout season in 2021, notching 58 tackles with 5.5 going for a loss, half a sack, a pass deflection, and an interception.^[5] For his performance on the 2021 season, he was named to the SEC All Freshman Team.^[6][7] In the Aggies 2022 season finale, Cooper forced a fumble, as he helped Texas A&M end their season with a win, beating LSU.^[8] He finished the 2022 season with 61 tackles with eight being for a loss, five pass deflections, an interception, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble.^[9] Cooper returned to the Aggies for the 2023 season as one of their top defenders, notching his best performance versus Alabama where he had 11 tackles with three going for a loss, and three sacks.^[10][11]

Cooper was selected with the 45th overall pick of the 2024 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.^[15] On May 23, 2024, he signed his rookie contract.^[16]

Making his first start, he was named Week 8 NFC Defensive Player of the Week after recording eight tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup in a 30–27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.^[17] In Week 15 against the Seattle Seahawks, returning from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss three weeks, Cooper had a team-leading seven tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack, two pass deflections and an interception off Seahawks backup quarterback Sam Howell in a 30–13 win, earning NFC Defensive Player of the Week.^[18] He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team.^[19]