Tristan Cooper

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
Plant

Career Notes: Two-year letterman has played in 16 games with one start at safety…has totaled 13 tackles (10 solo, 3 assists) with one fumble recovery.

2016: Spent his first two seasons as a defensive back before transitioning to wide receiver this season...competed in his first game of the season at Houston on Nov. 12, at the wide receiver position. Recorded his first career reception, good for three yards...was named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016.

2015: Played in seven games with one start at safety as a redshirt-sophomore…totaled 11 tackles (9 solo, 2 assists)…recorded a career-best four tackles (2 solo, 2 assists) vs Duke (9/3)…posted two solo stops at SMU (11/21)…made his first-career start at Georgia Tech (9/12), tallying three solo stops…notched a single solo tackle vs UCF (10/3) and at Temple (10/10)...was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2014: Played in nine games as a redshirt-freshman…totaled one solo stop and one assisted stop while also recovering a fumble…posted his first-career assisted tackle in his collegiate debut at Duke (9/20)…notched a solo tackle at Rutgers (9/27)…recovered a fumble at UCF (10/18).

2013: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season...off the field, was a member of Tulane's 3.0 Club.

High School: Two-year varsity letterwinner played two seasons at University Lab in Baton Rouge, La., before transferring to Plant High where he saw time at wide receiver, cornerback and return specialist for coach Robert Weiner...rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com...received a 78 rating and is listed as the No. 149 athlete in the country by 247Sports.com...helped Plant go 10-2 overall, 3-1 in District 6-8A with a trip to the state semifinals while guiding University Lab to a 12-1 overall mark with a District 7-2A crown as a junior...in his lone season with the Panthers, hauled in 21 passes for 470 yards on offense, tallied three pass break-ups and a fumble recovery on defense, and returned seven punts for 36 yards and three kickoffs for 96 yards and a touchdown on special teams...tallied a career-best five catches for 127 yards vs Robinson in the 2012 regular-season finale...named first-team all-district as a defensive back as a junior at University Lab.

Personal: Born Tristan Truman Cooper on July 29, 1994, in Ypsilanti, Mich...son of Ron and Djuana Cooper...has two brothers, Tyler and Ronald Jr...father, Ron, played football at Jacksonville State and has served stints in the football world with head coaching stops at Eastern Michigan (1993-94), Louisville (1995-97) and Alabama A&M (1998-2001)...majoring in business.