Player
Edgerrin Cooper
LB · Packers
Edgerrin Cooper: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Rookie breakout: 13 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, 8 QB hits in just 14 games.
TrendCooper rookie 2024 stat line
| Stat | 2024 (14 games) |
|---|---|
| Solo tackles | 52 |
| Assists | 35 |
| Combined TK | 87 |
| TFL | 13 |
| Sacks | 3.5 |
| QB Hits | 8 |
| INT | 2 |
| Forced fumbles | 1 |
| Fumble recoveries | 2 |
Cooper was a 2024 2nd-round pick (45th overall) out of Texas A&M. He didn't start Week 1 — Jeff Hafley eased him in. By Week 6 he was a full-time starter and never gave the job back.
The rookie line is unusually well-rounded: production in every defensive category — coverage (2 INTs), pass rush (3.5 sacks, 8 QB hits), run defense (13 TFLs), and takeaways (3 turnovers forced/recovered).
13 TFLs as a rookie — 2nd-most among 2024 rookie LBs, behind only Jared Verse.
Rare2024 rookie LB TFL leaders
| Player | TFL |
|---|---|
| Jared Verse | 14 |
| Edgerrin Cooper | 13 |
| Chop Robinson | 8 |
| Jonah Elliss | 7 |
| Marist Liufau | 4 |
| Payton Wilson | 4 |
Among all 2024 rookie linebackers (off-ball + edge combined), Cooper's 13 TFLs were 2nd only to Jared Verse — the eventual Defensive Rookie of the Year. Verse plays edge with hand in the dirt; Cooper does it from off-ball, which is a much harder lane to produce TFLs from.
For context: only 6 off-ball LBs in the entire league posted more TFLs than Cooper's 13 in 2024.
Year 2 dip in pressure stats, but TK volume jumped to 124 combined.
SplitCooper Y1 vs Y2
| Stat | 2024 (14 G) | 2025 (16 G) |
|---|---|---|
| Combined TK | 87 | 124 |
| TFL | 13 | 4 |
| Sacks | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| QB Hits | 8 | 3 |
| PD | 4 | 5 |
| INT | 2 | 0 |
| FF | 1 | 2 |
The 2025 line tells a different story than the rookie year: fewer TFLs/sacks but a big jump in tackle volume (87 → 124 combined). Cooper's role shifted from blitz-heavy weakside LB to MIKE responsibilities after Quay Walker's free-agency departure.
The coverage role expanded too — 5 PDs in 2025 is up from 4 the previous year. He's playing the run from depth more, less downhill aggressor, more 3-down coverage LB.
Across 2 seasons (30 games): 211 combined TK, 17 TFL, 4 sacks, 2 INTs, 3 FF.
MilestoneCooper's 2-year career line: 211 combined tackles, 17 TFLs, 4.0 sacks, 11 QB hits, 9 PDs, 2 INTs, 3 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries.
That resume in 30 games is a top-15 LB production rate league-wide. The Packers signed him as a 2nd-round pick to replace Walker in the long term; he made the timeline 12 months early.
Most productive Packers rookie LB since at least 2010 — and the foundation of a re-shaped defense.
ComparisonCooper's 2024 rookie line (87 combined TK, 13 TFL, 3.5 sacks, 2 INTs) is one of the most complete rookie LB lines in Packers history. The franchise has not had a rookie linebacker post 13+ TFLs and 3+ sacks in the same season in over a decade.
Green Bay rebuilt their LB room around him for 2025 — letting Quay Walker walk in free agency and using Cooper as the new green-dot signal-caller. The call looks correct: 124 combined tackles in Year 2, top-15 league-wide.
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