Edgerrin Cooper

Green Bay Packers

Pos LB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

79.0 MODEL

2024

78.2

2025

81.9

2026

79.0

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Tier 1 (#2) rookie 2024 STTM peak to tier 8 (#60) sophomore 2025 collapse is one of the largest single-year regressions for a recent rookie All-Pro-pace LB. The Texas A&M SEC 2nd-round origin plus the Packers' Jeff Hafley defensive scheme appears to have been the year-one catalyst. The 2026 question is whether Cooper returns to tier 2-3 territory or whether the 2024 finish was a one-year context spike.

Cooper came out of Texas A&M as the Green Bay Packers' 2nd-round pick (45th overall) in 2024 after earning 2023 First-Team All-SEC honors. He delivered a tier 1 (#2) STTM rookie breakout in 2024 anchoring the Packers' linebacker corps. His STTM career runs tier 1 (#2) rookie peak in 2024 to tier 8 (#60) collapse in 2025.

Strengths

Rookie tier 1 (#2) STTM peak as a 45th overall 2nd-round pick puts him in the rarest outlier-positive rookie class at the LB position.
Texas A&M SEC 2024 All-SEC honors plus the Packers' Jeff Hafley defensive scheme gives him real college and developmental foundation.

Concerns

58-spot regression from tier 1 (#2) rookie to tier 8 (#60) sophomore is one of the largest single-year LB regressions in recent memory.
Green Bay's broader defensive identity around the Jeff Hafley first-year scheme puts continued Cooper ceiling partly scheme-dependent.

What to watch: Whether Cooper returns to tier 2 (top 15) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the rookie ceiling was structural rather than a one-year situational spike.

Comps

Overall match

size, testing and production, same career stage

Germaine Pratt ’2175%Nick Vigil ’1870%Drue Tranquill ’1970%

Famous comp

names you know, same point in their careers (second years)

Curtis Lofton ’0985%Jack Campbell ’2484%Jonathan Vilma ’0577%

Plays like

on-field production only

Ernest Jones ’2488%Joshua Mauga ’1487%A.J. Johnson ’2086%

Built like

measurables only, his size

Germaine Pratt88%Colby Bockwoldt85%Cody Barton81%

Coming out

pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his

Zack Baun ’2071%Rashaan Evans ’1870%Mykal Walker ’2066%

Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 2 starters, 10 backups, 6 didn't stick.

Edgerrin Cooper Injury StatusIR

Edgerrin Cooper is listed on injured reserve (Achilles), reported Oct 6, with a return date of Feb 15. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.