Cooper Legas

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
216
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Orem, Utah
High School:
Orem HS
Prev School:
Utah State

CAREER NOTES: Transferred to Tulsa after spending five years at Utah State … Appeared in 32 games with 20 starts between Tulsa and Utah State … Completed 371-of-616 passing for 4,629 yards and 44 touchdowns.

2024: Appeared in 11 games with five starts for the Golden Hurricane during his lone season in Tulsa.

Passed for 1,144 yards on 87 completions and rushed for 201 yards.
Tallied 13 touchdowns (12 passing and 1 rushing) on the season.
Passed for a season-high 333 yards and five touchdowns against UTSA.
Earned his first start for Tulsa at Temple before starting the final four games of the season.
Had three games where he passed for over 200 yards.
Had three multi-passing touchdown games.

PRIOR TO TULSA: Played in 21 games and had 15 starts at Utah State … completed 284-of-454 passing for 3,485 yards, a .626 completion percentage, the third best in school history... threw for 32 touchdowns … earned academic all-Mountain West honors three years and was a 2020 Mountain West Scholar Athlete selection.

Played in nine games and had seven starts during the 2023 season.
Completed 138-of-213 (.648) passing for 1,815 yards (201.7 ypg) with 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
His 19 touchdown passes tied for the 10th-most in a single season at Utah State … also rushed for 122 yards on 68 carries.
Threw three or more touchdowns in four of his last six games and had multiple touchdown passes in five of his last six games.
Was sixth in the Mountain West and 53rd in the nation for passing touchdowns with 19 Played in 10 games, making eight starts during the 2022 season which saw him complete 135-of-221 (.611) passing for 1,499 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Passed for a season-high 306 yards with one touchdown at Boise State (11/25), as he completed a season-high-tying 23 passes on a season-high 40 attempts.
Appeared in two games, including against Oregon State (12/18) in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, as he was 11-of-20 passing for 171 yards with two touchdowns, including a 62-yarder.
Became the first FBS quarterback ever to throw a touchdown on his first collegiate pass in a bowl game.
Saw his first collegiate action at New Mexico (11/26).
Did not appear in any games during the 2020 season.
Redshirted during his first season (2019).

HIGH SCHOOL

Played in 43 games at Orem High School and produced 12,780 total yards with 9,770 yards passing, 2,770 yards rushing and 240 yards receiving …
Accounted for 124 total touchdowns (101-passing, 22-rushing, 1-receiving) …
Led his prep team to the 2017 and 2018 Class 4A state championships ...
For his career, was 555-of-858 (.647) passing for 9,770 yards with 101 touchdowns and just 26 interceptions, while carrying the ball 295 times for 2,770 yards (9.4 ypc) and 22 touchdowns ...
Was a three-star recruit that was rated as the 39th-best dual-threat quarterback in the country and the 19th-best overall prospect in Utah by 247Sports.com ...
Was named the Class 4A MVP his senior season and completed 237-of-340 (.697) passes for 4,338 yards (309.9 ypg) and 48 touchdowns, including five of at least 70 yards, as a senior …
Threw for a career-high 438 yards against Santa Margarita HS, as he was 24-of-37 passing with four touchdowns …
Had multiple touchdown passes in all 14 games and threw for over 300 yards in eight of those games …
Rushed for 1,077 yards on 93 carries with 15 touchdowns and had four 100-yard rushing games during the season
Had 5,191 yards of offense during his junior season as he earned first-team all-state honors... was 241-of-364 (.662) passing for 4,115 yards (293.9 ypg) with 45 touchdowns and just nine interceptions, while also rushing for 1,076 yards on 113 carries (9.5 ypc/76.9 ypg) and seven touchdowns as a junior …
Won six state championships in his high school career with two in football (2017, 2018), two in track & field throwing the javelin (2017, 2018) and two in wrestling (2018, 2019) at 195 pounds.