Omar Cooper Jr.

Wide Receiver, New York Jets · #83.

Player facts

Team: New York Jets
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 83
Born: Dec 14, 2003 (age 22)
Birthplace: Indianapolis, IN, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 199 lbs
College: Indiana
Experience: Rookie
Status: Day-To-Day

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	1	1	30	30.0	0	30	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	1	30	30.0	0	30	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	8 targets	+1.19	75%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Sep 13	@ TEN	W 23-10	1	1	30	30.0	0	30	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 1 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Omar Cooper Jr. (born December 14, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers, winning the 2026 national championship, and was selected by the Jets in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Omar Cooper Jr., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Cooper was born on December 14, 2003, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Lawrence North High School, where he was a three-sport athlete, starring in football, basketball, and long jump. During his senior year, he hauled in 43 passes for 702 yards and seven touchdowns, while also averaging 9.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists a game. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a four star recruit, where he committed to play college football for the Indiana Hoosiers.

College career

During Cooper's first season in 2022, he used the season to redshirt. During the 2023 season, he hauled in 18 passes for 267 yards with two touchdowns. In week five of the 2024 season, Cooper hauled in four passes for 83 yards and a touchdown in a win over Maryland. Cooper finished the 2024 season, recording 28 receptions for 594 yards and seven touchdowns.

In week three of the 2025 season, he recorded ten catches for 207 yards and four touchdowns which tied Indiana's single-game program record, in a 73–0 win over Indiana State. On November 8, in a game against Penn State at Beaver Stadium, Cooper caught a toe-tap touchdown pass from Fernando Mendoza in the final moments of the game, helping the Hoosiers secure their first ever win at Penn State. Cooper finished the season with 69 receptions for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns, the leading receiver on Indiana's first-ever national championship team. After the season, he declared for the 2026 NFL Draft.