No. 14 – Jacksonville Jaguars | |
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Santa Maria, California, U.S. | October 13, 1998
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Atascadero (Atascadero, California) |
College: | Nevada (2017–2021) San Jose State (2022) |
Undrafted: | 2023 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Elijah Stephen Cooks (born October 13, 1998) is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nevada Wolf Pack before transferring to the San Jose State Spartans and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jaguars after the 2023 NFL Draft.
As a senior with Atascadero High School, Cooks tallied 56 catches for 966 yards and 15 touchdowns, winning the Pac 5 Offensive Player of the Year award. [1]
Cooks committed to play football for the University of Nevada at Reno on February 1, 2017. [2] He chose Nevada over Hawaii, Wyoming, Fresno State, and San Jose State, the team he later played for. [3]
After five years with Nevada, Cooks moved on to San Jose State University as a graduate transfer. [4] It's at San Jose State where he had his most productive year, garnering selection to the first-team All-MW. [5]
Season | Games | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||
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GP | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||||
Nevada Wolf Pack | ||||||||||||||
2017 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2018 | 11 | 22 | 348 | 15.8 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 1 | |||||
2019 | 13 | 76 | 926 | 12.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2020 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2021 | 3 | 13 | 157 | 12.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
San Jose State Spartans | ||||||||||||||
2022 | 12 | 69 | 1076 | 15.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Career | 42 | 184 | 2554 | 13.9 | 28 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 1 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 3+3⁄4 in (1.92 m) | 219 lb (99 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.51 s | 1.62 s | 2.65 s | 4.25 s | 7.10 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 16 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [6] |
After not being drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft, Cooks signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2023. [7] [8] [9] On August 29, 2023, the Jaguars announced that he had made the initial 53-man roster. [10] [11] [12]
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