DeNigel Cooper
DL · Junior
6'3" · 277 lbs · Defense
Background
- Hometown
- Kingsland, Ga.
- High school
- Camden County
- Previous school
- Appalachian State
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8528 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1507
- Class
- 2024
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Played in all 13 games, making five starts on the defensive line … made 23 tackles, including a TFL and half of a sack … knocked down one pass and blocked two kicks … made tackles in the season’s first eight games … posted three tackles at Boise State (Sept. 27) … made three tackles, including half of a TFL, at Old Dominion (Oct. 25) … tallied half of a sack against Arkansas State (Nov. 29) … blocked kicks at Georgia State and versus Marshall
2024tap to read
Did not appear in any games as a redshirting true freshman High School/Personal: All-state and all-region selection as a senior for a 10-4 team that reached the Class 7A semifinals in Georgia Had 69 tackles (45 solo), 10 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, two forced fumbles and one blocked kick as a senior Also had three receiving touchdowns on four catches with a 34.5-yard average per reception As a junior for an 8-4 team, had 52 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five sacks and one forced fumble to earn all-region honors Played in the BSN GACA All-Star Football Classic Also a basketball standout who produced 21 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in the second game of his senior season Ranked as a three-star prospect by 247Sports
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2025 Season (Redshirt freshman at App State): Played in all 13 games, making five starts on the defensive line … made 23 tackles, including a TFL and half of a sack … knocked down one pass and blocked two kicks … made tackles in the season’s first eight games … posted three tackles at Boise State (Sept. 27) … made three tackles, including half of a TFL, at Old Dominion (Oct. 25) … tallied half of a sack against Arkansas State (Nov. 29) … blocked kicks at Georgia State and versus Marshall
2024 Season (Freshman at App State): Did not appear in any games as a redshirting true freshman
High School/Personal:
All-state and all-region selection as a senior for a 10-4 team that reached the Class 7A semifinals in Georgia
Had 69 tackles (45 solo), 10 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, two forced fumbles and one blocked kick as a senior
Also had three receiving touchdowns on four catches with a 34.5-yard average per reception
As a junior for an 8-4 team, had 52 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five sacks and one forced fumble to earn all-region honors
Played in the BSN GACA All-Star Football Classic
Also a basketball standout who produced 21 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in the second game of his senior season
Ranked as a three-star prospect by 247Sports