Octavius Cooley

Arkansas

Sep 13 (Sat)

6:00 PM

Ole Miss Football vs Southern Illinois at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. on Sept. 8, 2018.Octavious Cooley, 15, TE, Laurel, Miss. A.J. Brown, 1, WR, Starkville, Miss.Photo by Petre Thomas/Ole Miss Athletics Instagram and Twitter: @OleMissPix Buy Photos at RebelWallArt.com

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2016 Ole Miss Football Media Day

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Position:
TE
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 270
Hometown:
Laurel, Miss.
High School:
Laurel
Major:
Criminal Justice: Corrections

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2019 Mackey Award Watch List

2018 (JUNIOR): Appeared in all 12 games with one start at tight end ... Hauled in eight catches for 172 yards and one TD ... Made his 2018 debut vs Texas Tech (9/1/2018) and did not record any stats ... vs. Southern Illinois (9/8/18): Appeared vs. the Salukis in a reserve role ... vs. #1 Alabama (9/15/18): Appeared as a backup tight end ... vs. Kent State (9/22/18): Played in a reserve role as backup tight end ... at #5 LSU (9/29/18): Saw playing time as a reserve tight end but didn’t record any stats ... vs. ULM (10/6/18): Played in game as a reserve tight end and on special teams ... at Arkansas (10/13/18): Had career day with two catches for 85 yards and his first career touchdown ... vs. Auburn (10/20/18): Hauled in one catch for eight yards ... vs. South Carolina (11/3/18): Tallied one catch for 15 yards vs. the Gamecocks ... at Texas A&M (11/10/18): Recorded a career-high three catches for 66 yards ... at Vanderbilt (11/17/18): Made his first career start and tallied one catch.

2017 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 10 games as a backup tight end ... Made his 2017 debut vs. UT Martin (9/9/17): Caught one pass for four yards ... Saw time on special teams in the game at Alabama (9/30/17) ... Had a career-long reception of 31 yards against Arkansas (10/28/17), finishing with two catches for 49 yards ... Saw playing time in the win at Kentucky (11/4/17) ... Had one catch for 13 yards in the win over Louisiana (11/11/17) ... Saw the field at Mississippi State (11/23/17) ...

2016 (FRESHMAN): True freshman played in four games (Wofford, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State) as a reserve tight end ... Earned first letter ... vs. Wofford (9/10/16): Made his collegiate debut ... Member of the 2016 signing class ...

HIGH SCHOOL: A second team MaxPreps All-American and first team MaxPreps Medium Schools All-American ... A 4-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Scout ... Ranked the 39th-best overall recruit and third-best tight end in the nation by Scout ... Also ranked as a top 300 national recruit by 247Sports and ESPN ... Listed as the No. 2 prospect in Mississippi by Scout and top 10 in the state by 247Sports and ESPN ... Played in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game ... As a senior, hauled in 68 passes for 1,448 yards and 13 TDs while also adding six rushing TDs ... Helped Laurel to a state semifinal appearance ... Named first team All-State at TE by the Mississippi Association of Coaches, The Clarion-Ledger and USA Today ... The Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen ... Ended his career with 4,419 receiving yards and 51 total TDs ... Coached in high school by Todd Breland.

PERSONAL: Son of Lori Cooley and Carl Blakely ... Full name is Octavius Jaquan Cooley ... Born: Dec. 19, 1996 ... Majoring in Criminal justice with an emphasis in corrections.