2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 40
Shammond Cooper
- Position:
- OLB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Trinity Catholic
2022 Sophomore
- Played in eight games, primarily on special teams
- One tackle on the season
2021 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in three games
2020 Redshirt Freshman
- Played in four games
- Three tackles and 0.5 TFL in the season
2019 Freshman
- Played in three games and redshirted the season
- Five tackles on the season
- Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron
High School
- Four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN
- Three-star recruit by Rivals
- Ranked No. 149 recruit in the nation by ESPN and No. 531 by 247Sports
- Ranked No. 26 inside LB in the nation by 247Sports and No. 30 by Rivals
- Ranked No. 13 outside linebacker in the nation by ESPN
- Ranked No. 4 recruit in Missouri by ESPN and No. 10 by 247Sports and Rivals
- Ranked as high as No. 128 overall recruit in the nation in May 2017 according to 247Sports Composite
- 2019 Under Amour All-American Game
- 2018 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Defensive Player of the Year
- 2018 USA TODAY All-USA Missouri first team
- 2018 Missouri Football Coaches Association Class 3 All-State first team
- 2018 The Opening Finals participant
- 137 tackles, 16.0 TFL and 5.0 sacks as a senior
- Led Trinity Catholic to Missouri Class 3 state title as a senior
- Led Trinity Catholic with 8.0 tackles in 2018 Missouri Class 4 state title game to help Trinity Catholic beat Cardinal Ritter
- Led Trinity Catholic in tackles for four years
- Played for coach Cory Patterson through junior year when Patterson left Trinity Catholic to become TE coach at Illinois
- Played for coach Terrence Curry at Trinity Catholic as a senior
- High school teammate of fellow Illinois signee Isaiah Williams
- Offers included Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin
Personal
- Born March 15, 2001
- Majoring in recreation, sport, and tourism
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