Young, rangy Missouri State linebacker with early-playmaking juice
In the 2025 season, Jashawn Cooper played in four regular-season games for Missouri State to preserve his redshirt, then added bowl action, showing the program he’s a developmental linebacker worth keeping in the room. At 6-foot-0 and 215 pounds, he brings a compact, physical frame, and early stat traces showed splash potential: 8 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and a pass breakup in limited 2025 action. He was a top-4 linebacker in Alabama coming out of Montgomery Academy, so the upside is real—quickness, toughness, and enough versatility to project as a reliable fit if a team wants a still-grooming, high-motor defender.
