Vanderbilt’s massive, blue-collar interior OL with real SEC upside
Cooper Starks is a 6-5, 329-pound junior offensive lineman for Vanderbilt who came in as a unanimous three-star recruit and top-100 interior OL prospect, and his build alone makes him hard to miss. In the 2024 season, he made his collegiate debut in Vanderbilt’s Birmingham Bowl win over Georgia Tech, then logged action in 10 career games by the end of 2025, showing he’s part of the program’s developing depth up front. The draw here is size, power, and SEC-ready frame; the question is consistency and whether he can turn that raw mass into dependable movement and leverage. If you want a physically imposing developmental lineman, he’s interesting; if you need an instant plug-and-play tackle, he’s probably not that guy.
