 Cooper during the 2009 Vikings Training Camp. | |||||||
| Mississippi State Bulldogs | |||||||
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| Title | Tight ends coach | ||||||
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| Born | (1986-10-01)October 1, 1986 (age 39) Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 291 lb (132 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Fort Collins (CO) | ||||||
| College | Oklahoma | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2009: undrafted | ||||||
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Jon Cooper (born October 1, 1986) is an Americancollege football coach and former player. He is thetight ends coach forMississippi State University, a position he has held since 2024.[1] He played in theNational Football League (NFL) for theMinnesota Vikings as acenter. He playedcollege football atOklahoma and was signed by the Vikings in 2009.[2]
Cooper attendedFort Collins High School inFort Collins, Colorado, where he was a three-year starter andletterman. He captured team MVP honors his senior season and was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Front Range Conference.
Cooper joined theOklahoma Sooners football team in 2005. He played in eleven games, starting two, for the team as a freshman. In his second start, he suffered a dislocation and break in his right ankle at Texas Tech and missed the remainder of the season. Was one of the most solid true freshmen on the team after posting no penalties and a high passing grade of 83% in OU's stringent grading process.
Was named the starting center his sophomore season in 2006 and posted the second highest grade on the team, with a 79% success rate. Cooper notched 125 knockdown blocks during the course of the season, including 18 againstOklahoma State.
Cooper led one of the nation's best offensive lines in 2007, starting all 14 games and logging team highs with 798 plays and 136 knockdowns. He had 16 knockdowns against Miami and 15 against Texas A&M, with a final grade of 81% for the season.
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||||
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| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 291 lb (132 kg) | 4.98 s | 4.56 s | 7.46 s | 29+1⁄2 in (0.75 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 38 reps | |||||
| All values fromNFL Combine.[3] | ||||||||||||
Cooper signed a rookie contract with theMinnesota Vikings. He appeared in his first NFL game in week 13 against theArizona Cardinals at right guard after two additional injuries to the offensive line.
Cooper was signed as a free agent by theTennessee Titans on April 13, 2012. He retired from the NFL on August 27, 2012.[4]
Following his retirement from the NFL, Cooper joined the coaching staff atOklahoma as a graduate assistant.[4] In 2016, Cooper joined the staff atMissouri as an offensive analyst.[5] He was named the tight ends coach atArkansas in 2020.[6]
Cooper majored in Finance while at Oklahoma. In his free time, he enjoys golfing, and snow skiing. His father Tom played college football for Missouri from 1972 to 1975.