Omar Cooper Jr.
Experience
POSITION STATS LAST SEASON
Position-Specific Grades
COMBINE RESULTS
The Takeaway
The Player
Cooper was Indiana’s leading receiver in 2025, playing primarily in the slot (605 of 751 snaps) for the national champion Hoosiers. It marked an impressive development from where he was when he arrived in Bloomington, when he was used primarily on special teams as a freshman and then saw increased usage in each of the past two seasons.
An average-sized, versatile receiver with inside-out flexibility, Cooper is ultracompetitive, tough, and reliable, and he excels at generating yards after the catch. He shows good but not elite speed on tape. What really stands out is his combination of lower-body strength, contact balance, and body control. He has excellent ball skills, with just five drops in three seasons, and he has zero fear working over the middle.
My biggest concern about Cooper is his lack of acceleration out of breaks. Defensive backs frequently stick to him on sharp-breaking routes. Otherwise, he is a highly effective route runner who knows how to manipulate defensive backs with leverage and route tempo. He also shows a savvy feel for finding space in zone coverage.
His combination of lower-body strength and body control makes him difficult to tackle after the catch—he forced 27 missed tackles in 2025. I’d like to see him turn up the flame as a blocker more frequently, though. He occasionally packs a punch when he lines up a defender and commits, but more often he just gets in position and looks to see where the ballcarrier is to determine how much more effort is required.
The Draft
Cooper is one of the top five WR prospects in the 2026 draft class. He’s likely to come off the board in the middle portion of Round 1 after Carnell Tate, Makai Lemon, and Jordyn Tyson.
The Projection
Cooper is a dream fit in a West Coast scheme (think Shanahan, McVay, LaFleur, etc.). Cooper projects as an immediate-impact slot receiver who is fully capable of growing into a role as a versatile Z flanker or slot in the NFL. He reminds me a lot of a faster Jarvis Landry, who was one of my all-time favorite receivers to scout when he was coming out of LSU because of his toughness, attention to detail, and competitiveness. He also shares similarities with physical West Coast YAC receivers such as Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel, and Cooper Kupp.