The would-be final play started with a 45-yard Hail Mary pass from Rush to wide receiver Jesse Kroll. With one second remaining on the contest, Central Michigan had the ball on their own 25 yard line. By the middle of the third quarter, his team had fallen behind 49–14, but scored 4 unanswered touchdowns and were down by only 7 points near the end of the fourth quarter. He would never relinquish the position or miss a start after the game.Īs a sophomore, he played in the 2014 Bahamas Bowl against Western Kentucky. In that contest he came in the second quarter and helped engineer a 24–21 come from behind victory, where he tallied 326 passing yards and 3 touchdowns, tying the school record for the longest in history (97 yards). As a freshman, although he began the season as the third-string quarterback, he was named the starter by the third game, after Cody Kater was injured (collarbone fracture) and his backup Alex Niznak couldn't move the offense against the University of New Hampshire. In his redshirt season at Central Michigan, he was named the school’s Scout Team Player of the Year.
A 3-star recruit, Cooper Rush only received scholarship offers from Central Michigan and Toledo, but received preferred walk-on offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Western Michigan. He finished his high school career throwing for 7,248 passing yards (455-for-734, 62 percent), 80 passing touchdowns, 1,438 rushing yards and 27 rushing touchdowns. The team would end up losing in the finals against Powers Catholic High School 26–56, even though he registered 300 passing yards and 3 touchdowns.Īs a senior he received All-State, Associated Press’ Michigan Division 5/6 Player of the Year and ESPN’s Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year honors. In the Division 5 regional championship game against Dowagiac Union High School, he set Michigan state records with 5 touchdown passes in one quarter and 8 for the game. In 2011, he led his team to the state runner-up title.
In 20, he led his team to back-to-back undefeated regular seasons. He also played basketball and baseball (until his freshman year). Originally from Charlotte, Michigan, Rush attended Lansing Catholic High School in Lansing, Michigan, with an enrollment of just over 500 students, where he became a three-year starter at quarterback for the football team.
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He played college football at Central Michigan, and was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2017. * Offseason and/or practice squad member onlyĬooper Robert Rush (born November 21, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).
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