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• One of the top running backs in the ACC that returns in 2009 after ranking sixth in rushing yards in 2008
• Has five career 100-yard rushing games
2008 (SOPHOMORE): Named team's Most Versatile Player at the 2008 UM awards banquet ... Led the team in rushing for the second straight season with 841 yards and a 4.9-yard average per carry ... Also caught 29 passes for 113 yards (3.9 average)...Led the team with six touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving and one punt return) ... Had three 100-yard rushing games in 2008 ... Ran 16 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the win at Texas A&M ... Rushed for 110 yards on 19 carries against North Carolina ... Carried a career-high 24 times for a career-best 131 yards in the overtime win at Virginia ... Started 11 of 13 games in the backfield ... Led the team in all-purpose yards with 1,113 yards.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Shared team's Rookie of the Year Award with Orlando Franklin ... Led the team in rushing as a true freshman with 682 yards and a 5.5-yard average per carry ... Also caught 13 passes for 129 yards (9.9 average) ... Led the team with five touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving) ... Named honorable mention Freshman All-America by The Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com ... Finished his first season with the third-most rushing yards ever by a Miami true freshman, behind only Clinton Portis (838 yards) and Javarris James (808 yards) ... Led the team in rushing in six of 12 games ... Started one game and had two 100-yard rushing games ... Rushed for 116 yards in his first game, the best debut ever for a Miami running back ... Was also the team's primary punt returner, averaging 4.8 yards on 16 returns ... Totaled 887 all-purpose yards (rushing, receiving and punt returns) ... Played in his first game as a Hurricane against Marshall and led the team in rushing with 116 yards on 12 rushes, including a 56-yarder marking the best debut ever for a Miami freshman running back ... Rushed 11 times for 48 yards and scored the first touchdown of his career against FIU ... Made his only start of the season, lining up with Javarris James in the backfield against Duke ... Posted his second 100-yard game of the season, rushing for 101 yards on just 12 carries (8.4 average).
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP SCHOOL: Enrolled at UM in January 2007 ... Mr. Football in Tennessee as a senior in 2005 ... Spent fall 2006 at Milford Prep and led the team in rushing with 1,327 yards and 15 touchdowns in eight games, averaging 12.5 yards per carry ... Selected first-team All-State in 2005, when he led his team to the state championship ... Rushed for 2,123 yards and 30 touchdowns, averaging more than 7.0 yards per carry ... Also gained 291 yards on receptions, with two more TDs ... As a junior, rushed for 1,981 yards and 19 touchdowns ... Returned three punts for touchdowns in 2004 but did not play special teams as a senior ... Ranked the No. 6 running back by Scout.com ... In 2006 was ranked the No. 4 overall player in the state of Tennessee by Rivals.com, rated the No. 10 running back by Scout.com, and ranked the No. 28 running back by ESPN ... PrepStar All-American ... Coached by Chester Flowers Jr. in high school and Bill Chaplick in prep school.
GRAIG COOPER'S' CAREER STATISTICS
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| Year | GP/GS | Att. | Yards | Avg. | TD | LG | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | LG |
| 2007 | 11/1 | 125 | 682 | 5.5 | 4 | 56 | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 1 | 25 |
| 2008 | 13/11 | 171 | 841 | 4.9 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 113 | 3.9 | 1 | 11 |
| Totals | 24/12 | 296 | 1523 | 5.2 | 8 | 56 | 42 | 242 | 6.9 | 2 | 25 |
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| Year | GP/GS | Att. | Yards | Avg. | TD | LG | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | LG |
| 2007 | 11/1 | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13/11 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 0 | 26 |
| Totals | 24/12 | 19 | 166 | 17.4 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 0 | 26 |
GRAIG COOPER'S CAREER HIGHS
Rushing Attempts: 24 (at Virginia 2008)
Rushing Yards: 131 (at Virginia 2008)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2 (at Texas A&M 2008)
Long Run: 56 (vs. Marshall 2007)
Receptions: 7 (vs. Florida State 2008)
Receiving Yards: 34 (vs. Texas A&M 2007)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, twice (vs. Texas A&M 2007; vs. North Carolina 2008)
Long Reception: 25 (vs. Duke 2007)
100 Yard Rushing Games: 131 (at Virginia 2008)
128 (at Texas A&M 2008
116 (vs. Marshall 2007)
110 (vs. North Carolina 2008)
101 (vs. Duke 2007)
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