Michael Cooper

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Weight:
260
Height:
6-5
Position:
TE
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas
High School:
The Woodlands

Cooper appeared in 48 career games with 14 starts. He made 19 receptions for 230 yards and two touchdowns.

2015 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches and media) … earned the team’s Ted Verlihay “Mental Attitude” Award.

2015 (Senior): Made 17 receptions for 205 yards and two touchdowns … appeared in all 13 games with eight starts … matched his career-high with three catches for 31 yards with his first career TD (11 yards) against No. 10 Iowa … hauled in three balls for a team- and career-high 66 yards, including a career-long 34-yarder, in the Florida International win …
added one catch for 33 yards vs. Rutgers and two for 32 in the Western Kentucky victory … collected a 3-yard score in the win at Maryland … key blocker as Indiana finished first in the Big Ten in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense, while placing second in rushing offense ... the Hoosiers became the first team since Ohio State in 1995 to lead the league in total, passing and scoring offense ... IU led the conference in scoring offense for the first time since the Big Ten began using the entire season as the statistical champion in 1985 ... Indiana had not led the league in total offense since 1988 ... the Hoosiers became the fourth college football team to have a 3,500-yard passer, a pair of 1,000-yard running backs and a 1,000-yard receiver in the same year ... IU was one of only two Power Five conference teams with two 1,000-yard running backs (Baylor) ... Indiana set single-season school records with 475 total points, 6,556 total yards, 3,820 passing yards, 337 first downs and 168 passing first downs … two-time IU offensive player of the week (Western Kentucky and Iowa) … Wake Forest game captain … earned a scholarship for the 2014 season during preseason camp ... Academic All-Big Ten Selection.

2014 (Junior): Started six times and appeared in all 12 games ... caught two passes for 25 yards ... key blocker for the program’s all-time rushing attack (3,163 yards) ... earned a scholarship for the 2014 season during preseason camp ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2013: Sat out the 2013 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... two-time scout team player of the week (Michigan State and Wisconsin).

2012 (Sophomore): Played at the University of Arizona ... appeared in 12 games as a back-up tight end and on special teams ... recorded two solo tackles ... Pac-12 Second Team All-Academic.

2011 (Freshman): Played at the University of Arizona ... appeared in 12 games as a back-up tight end and on special teams.

Prep/Personal: Tight end for head coach Mark Schmid at The Woodlands High School ... PrepStar All-West Region ... District 14-5A second team honors ... Texas High School Football Top 25 defensive end ... Vype Magazine Houston Hot 100 ... Lone Star Gridiron Top 25 defensive lineman ... honorable mention all-district as a junior ... played outfield and first base for the baseball team ... parents are Lela and Keith Cooper ... brother, Perry, was a linebacker at Murray State University ... grandfather, John Michels, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996 ... John was a three-time All-American guard at the University of Tennessee and played pro football for the Philadelphia Eagles and Winnipeg Blue Bombers before going on to coach the offensive line for the Minnesota Vikings from 1967-1993 ... born on Oct. 21, 1992, Michael Alan Cooper is a business and operations management double major.