Biography
Senior (2024):
First Team Associated Press FCS All-America … First Team Stats Perform FCS All-America … Dave Campbell All-Texas Non-FBS Team as best receiver … First Team Phil Steele FCS All-American … First Team Football Central All-American … First Team UAC All-Conference … Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American … UAC Preseason All-Conference … Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators … Academic All-WAC … CSC Academic All-District … Started all 14 games, finishing second across NCAA Division I in receiving yards with 1,450 (second-most in single-season school history) and tied-sixth in touchdowns with 14 (third most in single-season school history; tied for third-most in FCS) … Hauled in 76 receptions, a single-season school-record … Turned in career-best 11 receptions, season-high 190 receiving yards and a touchdown in the Texans’ first-ever FCS postseason game against Drake on Nov. 30 … In second round at South Dakota on Dec. 7, finished with career-high three touchdowns on nine catches for 161 yards … Racked up at least 110 receiving yards and a touchdown in seven of last eight games … Tied for second-most 100-yard receiving games across Division I (7), leading FCS … Had four multi-touchdown games (vs. Southeastern Louisiana on Sept. 28, vs. Abilene Christian on Nov. 16, vs. Central Arkansas on Nov. 23, at South Dakota on Dec. 7) … Averaged 19.1 yards per catch, the most by a Division I player with over 50 catches … Had three 70+-yard touchdowns … Helped led the Texans to first D1 playoff victory, D1-best 10-4 record … Finished collegiate career with most receiving yards (3,185), most 100-yard games (14, since at least 1978) and second-most touchdown receptions (29) in Texans’ history.
Junior (2023):
UAC Second Team All-Conference … Third Team Phil Steele All-Conference … FCS Preseason All-American Third Team … UAC Preseason All-Conference … Preseason First Team Phil Steel All-Conference … Academic All-WAC … Despite missing four games due to injury, still finished with the tied-most receiving touchdowns on the team (five), the second most receiving yards (622) and the second most receptions (28) … His 88.9 receiving yards per game was best on the Texans, the best in the United Athletic Conference, and the 11th most in the FCS … Had the tied-10th most receiving touchdowns in the conference … Had two multi-touchdown games, which coincided with his two 100+ receiving yard games … Had a season-high 168 yards on five receptions and two scores against Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 4 … At Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 14, finished with 149 yards on six catches and two touchdowns, coming down with a 30-yard TD in overtime on 4th and 15 to keep the game alive … In conference-play, Cooper led the UAC with 91.4 receiving yards per game … Had the tied-third most receiving touchdowns (four) and the third most receiving yards (457).
Sophomore (2022):
All-WAC First Team … Academic All-WAC … Academic All-District Team by the College Sports Communicators … Reached the coveted 1,000-yard milestone in the final game, finishing with 54 receptions for 1,063 yards and nine touchdowns in playing all 11 games … Had the most receiving yards on the team and marked the most by a Texan since 2019 … Across the WAC, had the third most receiving yards (ninth in FCS), the third most receiving touchdowns (tied-21st in FCS), and the fourth most receptions … Had five 100+ yard games, the tied-second most in the WAC … Had a career-high 191 yards on nine catches, with two touchdowns, on Oct. 29 vs. Sam Houston … Had a career-high 10 receptions for 173 yards and a touchdown at Utah Tech on Nov. 12 … Scored a TD in seven of Tarleton’s 11 games, including two multi-TD performances (at Southern Utah on Oct. 8, vs. Sam Houston on Oct. 29) … Ended the year with three 150+ yard games in the final four weeks.
Freshman (2021):
Played in 10 games, recording five catches for 38 yards (7.8 yards per reception) and one touchdown … Scored his lone touchdown vs. Fort Lewis on Sept. 11, a 7-yard score … Had a reception in five of his 10 games played.
Freshman (2020):
Played in six games in his first year at Tarleton, recording his lone reception for 11 yards at New Mexico State on Feb. 21.
Hazlewood West High School:
Lettered three years in football and was a two-time team captain for two head coaches … Led his team to the 2019 Football Suburban North Conference Championship … Two-time Offensive MVP … All-Conference First Team … Two-time Hazlewood West Wildcat Award … Co-Offensive Player of the Year … Passed for 1,275 yards and 15 touchdowns while rushing for 870 yards and 11 scores as a senior … All-Academic … Honor Roll … Graduated Cum Laude.
Personal:
Is a 2020 graduate of Hazlewood West HS in Hazlewood, Missouri … Married to Kennady Carter … Son of Jose Williams and Veronica Watkins … Has a brother, Jose Jr., and a sister, Brianna … Majoring in kinesiology … Born Nov. 22.
