Guilford College

Career

• ranked third in school history with 2,879 career rushing yards and a Guilford-best 32 rushing scores
• holds school records for career kickoff return yards (1,838), career all-purpose yards (6,237), and all-purpose yards per game (183.44)
• needs 25 points to break Guilford's career scoring standard
• is five touchdowns shy of the Quakers' all-time mark

2017

• appeared in all 10 games, with eight starts as a team captain
• named First Team All-America all-purpose back by the American Football Coaches Association and D3football.com
• D3football.com First Team All-South Region honoree at all-purpose back
• earned First-Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors as the all-purpose back
• set 12 school records
• set league and school standards for all-purpose yardage in a game (424, vs. Methodist) and career (6,237), kick-return touchdowns in a season (3) and punt returns in a game (11, vs. Methodist)
• led NCAA Division III in kick-return touchdowns (3), combined kick-return yardage (1,043), and all-purpose yards (221.10 yards per game)
• set the school record with 424 all-purpose yards against Methodist University September 9, the most in Division III football in 2017
• set the Division III mark with 11 punt returns against Methodist University
• led the team in rushing for the third time in four years
• stood second in Division III with a league-leading 30.8 yards per kick return, second-best in Quakers’ history
• ranked fourth nationally with 831 total kick return yards, a school standard
• stood third among the league’s rushing leaders (88.4 ypg.) and second in rushing touchdowns with a school-record 13
• had three 100-yard rushing games, including a 227-yard, three-touchdown performance in Guilford’s win over Shenandoah University
• matched the Guilford standard with four touchdowns (3 rushing, 1 return) in the Quakers’ season-ending, 21-point comeback win over ODAC-rival Emory & Henry College
• earned ODAC’s Offensive Player of the Week Award twice
• named to D3football.com's Team of the Week after the Methodist game

2016

• made four starts for the Quakers before suffering a season-ending knee injury
• led NCAA Division III in rushing yards three weeks into the season
• ran for 579 yards on 73 carries, averaging 7.9 yards per tote
• ranked third on the team with six touchdowns and was also a top kick returner
• finished third among Guilford’s all-purpose yardage leaders (746) and averaged a team-high 186.5 all-purpose yards per game
• ran for 295 yards and four touchdowns, both school records, in Guilford’s win over Methodist University
• his 295 rushing yards stood fifth in ODAC history and were the fourth-highest single-game total in Division III during 2016
• received ODAC Offensive Player of the Week honors and a spot on the D3football.com's Team of the Week
• had 125 rushing yards and two scores on 13 carries the preceding week in a win over Greensboro College
• compiled 146 rushing yards on 27 carries in a road victory over Averett University

2015

• D3football.com Third Team All-America and Second Team All-South Region all-purpose back
• First Team All-ODAC
• received Guilford's Most Valuable Player Award
• set school and ODAC records for single-season all-purpose yardage (2,235), which ranked second in Division III
• led the Quakers and ranked third in the ODAC with 943 rushing yards, seventh-best in school history
• set the Guilford standard with 736 kickoff return yards 
• led the ODAC with a 30.7-yard kickoff return average, which ranked fourth nationally
• returned a Division III-best four kicks for touchdowns (2 kickoffs, 2 punts) 
• stood second in the country with 995 combined kick return yards 

2014

• played in all 10 games for the Quakers, including three starts as a running back
• Second-Team All-ODAC
• stood second on the team with 473 rushing yards on 87 attempts and four touchdowns
• ranked ninth in the league with 104.9 all-purpose yards per game.
• one of his best performances came Oct. 4 against Washington and Lee University when he rushed for 149 yards on 24 attempts and two touchdowns
• earned ODAC Offensive Player of the Week recognition for his play in the game

Personal

• received Guilford's 2018 Best Male Athlete Award
• named to Guilford's Fall 2015 Student-Athlete Honor Roll
• lettered four years in football and baseball at Jackson High School
• also lettered twice with the basketball team
• active with Jackson's Student Government Association
• an honor student at Jackson
• son of Debra Cooper