WEEK 5 STATS: 9 points, 2-for-2 FG, 52 Long, 9 kickoffs, 61.2 kickoff avg., 4 touchbacks
Cooper tallied nine points and boomed four kickoffs for touchbacks during Wagner’s triumphant conference opener against previously-unbeaten Sacred Heart. The Temple transfer made both of his field goal attempts in the 45-20 victory, including the longest conversion by a Seahawks’ kicker since 2009. Cooper turned a 12-6 lead into an 18-6 advantage over a 4:49 span in the second quarter. After nailing a 39-yard attempt five seconds into the second period, Cooper connected on a 52-yard try that gave Wagner a double-digit lead with 10:06 remaining in the first half. Surpassing the 51-yarder that Bryant’s Ricky Perez booted at Montana State in Week 2, Cooper produced the longest field goal in the NEC thus far this season. Handling the kickoff duties, too, Cooper averaged 61.2 yards per booth while sending four of his nine kickoffs for touchbacks.