Cooper Legas

Cooper Legas (/ləˈɡɑː/ lə-GAH;^[1] born December 29, 2000) is an American football quarterback. He previously played for the Utah State Aggies and Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

Cooper Legas

Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(2000-12-29) December 29, 2000 (age 24)
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	216 lb (98 kg)
Career history
College	Utah State (2019–2023) Tulsa (2024)
High school	Orem (Orem, Utah)
Stats at ESPN

Early life

Legas grew up in Orem, Utah and attended Orem High School, where he was teammates with NFL players Noah Sewell and Puka Nacua, and 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.^[2] Legas was a three-star rated recruit and would commit to play college football at Utah State University^[3] over offers from BYU, Navy, Air Force, Arkansas and Army.^[4]

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.^[5]

During the 2021 season, he appeared in two games.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8][9]

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.^[10]

Legas announced that he would return for the 2024 season as a super senior.^[11] However, on April 17, 2024, he would announce that he would enter the transfer portal.^[12]

Tulsa

On May 7, 2024, Legas announced that he would transfer to Tulsa.^[13]

Statistics

Season	Games			Passing								Rushing
	GP	GS	Record	Comp	Att	Pct	Yards	Avg	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yards	Avg	TD
Utah State Aggies
2019	Redshirt
2020	Did not play
2021	2	0	0–0	11	20	55.0	171	8.6	2	1	149.8	8	−14	−1.8	0
2022	10	8	5–3	135	221	61.1	1,499	6.8	11	10	125.4	108	303	2.8	2
2023	9	7	3–4	138	213	64.8	1,815	8.5	19	8	158.3	68	122	1.8	0
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
2024	11	5	0–5	87	162	53.7	1,144	7.1	12	6	130.1	79	201	2.5	1
Career[14]	32	20	8–12	371	616	60.2	4,629	7.5	44	25	138.8	263	612	2.3	3

Personal life

On June 14, 2024, Legas married his longtime girlfriend, Harley Daniel.^[15] He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics in the spring of 2023.^[16]