Cooper Legas

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Cooper Legas
Tulsa Golden Hurricane–No. 5
Position Quarterback
ClassGraduate Student
Personal information
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight216 lb (98 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Orem (Orem, Utah)

Cooper Legas is an American football quarterback for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. He previously played for the Utah State Aggies.

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Early life and high school

Legas grew up in Orem, Utah and attended Orem High School, where he lettered in football, track & field and wrestling. In his high school career, Legas completed 555 of his 858 pass attempts for 9,770 yards, 101 touchdowns and 26 interceptions. Legas would also rush for 2,770 yards and 22 touchdowns, while also hauling in 12 receptions for 240 yards. [1] Legas was a three-star rated recruit and would commit to play college football at Utah State University [2] over offers from BYU, Navy, Air Force, Arkansas and Army. [3]

College career

Utah State

Legas was redshirted during his true freshman season in 2019. He would also not appear in any games during the 2020 season. [4]

During the 2021 season, he appeared in two games. [5] During the 2021 LA Bowl, he became the first FBS quarterback ever to throw a touchdown on his first collegiate pass in a bowl game. [6]

During the 2022 season, he played in 10 games and started eight of them, finishing the season with completing 135 out of 221 passing attempts for 1,499 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He also rushed for 303 yards on 108 carries with 1,802 total offensive yards. [7] [8]

During the 2023 season, he played in nine games and started seven of them, finishing the season with completing 138 out of 213 passing attempts for 1,815 yards, 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also rushed for 122 yards on 68 carries. [9]

Legas announced that he would return for the 2024 season as a super senior. [10] However, on April 17, 2024, he would announce that he would enter the transfer portal. [11]

Tulsa

On May 7, 2024, Legas announced that he would transfer to Tulsa. [12]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Utah State Aggies
2019 Redshirt Redshirt.svg
2020 Did not play
2021 200−0112055.01718.621149.88-14-1.80
2022 1085−313522161.11,4996.81110125.41083032.82
2023 973−413821364.81,8158.5198158.3681221.80
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
2024 000−0000.000.0000.0000.00
Career [13] 21158−728445462.63,4857.73219141.91844112.22

Personal life

On June 14, 2024, Legas married his longtime girlfriend, Harley Daniel. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cooper Legas' High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. November 18, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ Walker, Sean (February 6, 2019). "'Inseparable' Orem teammates Cooper Legas, Hunter Hill highlight Utah State's 30-player recruiting class". KSL-TV . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Cooper Legas, Orem, Dual-Threat Quarterback". 247sports.com. July 1, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Cooper Legas". Utah State Aggies . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Cooper Legas 2021 Gamelog". Sports Reference . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ Reedy, Joe (December 19, 2021). "Utah State, with its third-string quarterback, beats Oregon State at LA Bo". Oregon Public Broadcasting . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cooper Legas 2022 Gamelog". Sports Reference . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "60 in 60: #29 Utah State's Cooper Legas (Quarterback)". KSL-TV . July 25, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cooper Legas 2023 Gamelog". Sports Reference . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ Preece, Brian (December 11, 2023). "Cooper Legas Will Return To Utah State As Super Senior". KSL Sports. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ Wood, Trent (April 17, 2024). "Utah State quarterback Cooper Legas in the transfer portal". Deseret News . Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Utah State QB Cooper Legas Headed To Tulsa". Sports Illustrated . May 7, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Cooper Legas College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Harley Daniel and Cooper Legas's Wedding Website". The Knot. June 14, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
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