Marquez Cooper Season 2024

HONORS/AWARDS
* 2024 Maxwell Award Watch List (best all-around player)
* 2024 Doak Walker Award Watch List (best running back)
* 2024 All-Mountain West First Team
* 2023 Maxwell Award Watch List (best all-around player)
* 2023 Doak Walker Award Watch List (best running back)
* 2023 All-MAC Second Team
* 2022 All-MAC First Team
* 2021 All-MAC Second Team

The NCAA active leader in rushing and all-purpose yards... Has a great ability to dodge and break tackles... A true leader on and off the field with a great work ethic.

SENIOR SEASON (2024)
Earned an all-Mountain West first team selection ... Named MW Offensive Newcomer of the Year and Offensive Transfer of the Year by College Football Network ... Also named first team all-MW by College Football Network and Phil Steele ... Tied the NCAA FBS record with four 1,000-yard rushing seasons ... Became the first player in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards with three different colleges (Kent State 2021 and 2022, Ball State 2023, San Diego State 2024) ... According to Sports Reference, finished his career 19th all-time with 5,130 rushing yards ... The first Aztec 1,000 yard rusher since Greg Bell in 2021, and 19th different Aztec in program history ... His 1,274 yards in 2024 ranks 13th in SDSU program history ... Finished his career with 22 career 100-yard rushing games, including five times with the Aztecs ... Started all 12 games in his final collegiate season, extending his streak to 44 consecutive starts ... Ran the ball 292 times, his most in a season for his career, for 1,274 yards and 12 touchdowns ... Averaged 106.2 yards per game ... Also had 20 receptions for 137 yards and two touchdowns ... His 14 total touchdowns was the most in any of the five seasons of his career ... Made an immediate impression in the season opener against Texas A&M-Commerce ... Rushed 27 times for 223 yards (8.3 avg.) and two touchdowns ... It was the first 200-yard game by an Aztec since Rashaad Penny had 221 vs. Army West Point in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl, and the most by an Aztec since Penny had 234 at San Jose State on Nov. 4, 2017 ... Cooper became the 84th different Aztec with a 100-yard rushing game ... It was the 17th time in SDSU's Division I history that an Aztec broke 100 rushing yards in a season opener and only trailed David Turner's 239 yards in the 1976 opener ... The 223 rushing yards are also a Snapdragon Stadium record and eight most in a FBS game this season ... It was also his 11th career multi touchdown game ... Also had three catches for 10 yards ... Had 13 carries for 53 yards and two catches for 19 yards against Oregon State on Sept. 7 ... Rushed 22 times for 87 yards at California on Sept. 14 ... Recorded his 19th career 100-yard rushing game, second of the season, at Central Michigan on Sept. 28 ... Totaled 34 carries for 111 yards and his 36th career rushing touchdown ... Recorded his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game, third of the season and 20th of his career in the conference opener vs. Hawai'i on Oct. 5 ... Rushed 30 times for 109 yards and two touchdowns ... It was his 12th career mutli touchdown game, and second of the season, giving him 38 career touchdowns ... Also made four catches for 28 yards ... Had 25 rush attempts for 87 yards and a touchdown at Wyoming on Oct. 12 ... The rushing TD was the 39th of his career ... Had 18 carries for 78 yards against Washington State on Oct. 26 ... Recorded his 13th career mutli touchdown game and third of the season ... Per SportsReference.com he became the 200th player to surpass 40 career rushing touchdowns ... Also had a reception for six yards ... Ran the ball 16 times for 94 yards at Boise State on Nov. 1 ... The 5.9 average was his highest against an FBS team this season ... Also scored his 42nd career touchdown ... Registered his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the year against New Mexico on Nov. 8 ... Had 35 carries for 123 yards ... It was the 21st 100-yard rushing game of his career ... Had three catches for six yards and a touchdown through the air ... Recorded the first receiving touchdown of his career ... Gave him 10 total touchdowns on the season and 43 for his career ... Ran 26 times for 97 yards at UNLV on Nov. 16 ... Also had two catches for 14 yards ... Surpassed 1,000 yards for the season for the fourth time of his career ... Recorded his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season at Utah State on Nov. 23 ... Finished the game with 118 yards on 23 carries (5.1 avg.) and a touchdown ... Became the 23rd player in NCAA FBS history with 5,000 rushing yards in a career and first since Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor in 2019 ... It was the 22nd 100-yard rushing of his career ... Recorded his 10th rushing touchdown of the season, making him the first Aztec with 10 rushing TDs in a season since Juwan Washington in 2018 ... Had his second career three-touchdown game in the season finale against Air Force ... Ran for 94 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns ... Also had three receptions for 37 yards and a touchdown ... It was his fourth mutli touchdown game this season and 14th of his career ... The two rushing TDs gave him 45 for his career and 12 on the season ... The receiving touchdown was his second of the season (and career).

PRIOR TO SAN DIEGO STATE
Joins the Aztecs after three years at Kent State under head coach Sean Lewis and one year at Ball State … A three-time all-MAC selection, earning first team honors in 2022 and second team honors in both 2021 and 2023 … Enters his final season as the leading rusher in FBS with 3,856 career yards … His 33 career rushing touchdowns also leads all active FBS running backs … Has 15 career 100-yard rushing games including a 240-yard performance vs. Ohio on Oct. 1, 2022 … In 2023, recorded his third consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season with 1,043 yards on 227 attempts scoring four touchdowns … Ran for 1,326 yards in 2022 with career best 13 touchdowns, averaging a career best 110.5 yards per game … Ran for 1,205 yards, 11 touchdowns and 86.1 yards per game as a sophomore in 2021 … As a true freshman, rushed for 282 yards and five touchdowns on 56 attempts in the COVID-shortened season … Ranks tied for fourth in Kent State history in career rushing touchdowns (29), sixth in rush yards (2,818), eighth in rush attempts (582) … In Kent State single-season history, he ranks second (285) and tied for ninth (241) in rush attempts, fifth (1,331) and ninth (1,205) in rushing yards, and tied for seventh in rushing touchdowns (13).

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year varsity letterwinner at Quince Orchard High School … finished his career as the Cougars all-time leading rusher with over 4,500 career yards and 98 touchdowns … his 98 rushing touchdowns are also a Montgomery County record … team captain and MVP as a junior and senior … 2020 Offensive Player of the Year … lead Quince Orchard to the 2018 Maryland Class 4A state championship and a 2019 state semifinal appearance.

SINGLE-GAME BESTS
Carries: 40 vs. Ohio (10/1/22)
Rushing Yards: 240 vs. Ohio (10/1/22)
Rushing Touchdowns: 3 vs. Akron (11/17/20)
Long Rush: 66 vs. VMI (9/11/21)
Rushing Average: 9.9 vs. VMI (9/11/21)
Receptions: 6 at Eastern Michigan (10/7/23)
Receiving Yards: 61 at Eastern Michigan (10/7/23)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1 vs. Air Force (11/30/24), vs. New Mexico (11/8/24)
Long Reception: 27 at Georgia (9/24/22)
All-Purpose Yards: 259 vs. Ohio (10/1/22)
Overall Touchdowns: 3 vs. Air Force (11/30/24), vs. Akron (11/17/20)