University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 50
Cooper Fordham
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 295
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- The Bolles School
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Anchored the offensive line as the starting center in the first 11 games of the season before an injury at Arkansas State … played over 700 snaps on the season with 39 knockdowns and grading at 91 percent or higher in each game … posted grades of 100 percent in games at Missouri, Troy and Arkansas State … opened the season with a 99-percent grade with eight knockdowns against Rice … played a season-high 89 snaps in win over Texas State … graded at 98 percent in games against James Madison, South Alabama and Texas State … had five knockdowns in games against McNeese and Southern Miss.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Backup to starter Landon Burton; played in six games at center ... graded at 100 percent with three knockdowns in 13 snaps at ULM (11/30) ... played 13 snaps against Grambling (8/31) and 12 snaps with two knockdowns at Kennesaw State (9/7).
2023 (Freshman)
Played in five games as a true freshman, serving as the backup to Landon Burton at center ... started the final three games after Burton went down due to injury ... made collegiate debut at UAB (9/16) playing five snaps with a knockdown ... played a season-high 68 snaps and graded at a season-best 82 percent at Troy (11/18) ... graded at 75-percent on 52 snaps against ULM (11/25) before earning start against Jacksonville State (12/16) in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
High School
Anchored the offensive line as the starting center in the first 11 games of the season before an injury at Arkansas State … played over 700 snaps on the season with 39 knockdowns and grading at 91 percent or higher in each game … posted grades of 100 percent in games at Missouri, Troy and Arkansas State … opened the season with a 99-percent grade with eight knockdowns against Rice … played a season-high 89 snaps in win over Texas State … graded at 98 percent in games against James Madison, South Alabama and Texas State … had five knockdowns in games against McNeese and Southern Miss.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Backup to starter Landon Burton; played in six games at center ... graded at 100 percent with three knockdowns in 13 snaps at ULM (11/30) ... played 13 snaps against Grambling (8/31) and 12 snaps with two knockdowns at Kennesaw State (9/7).
2023 (Freshman)
Played in five games as a true freshman, serving as the backup to Landon Burton at center ... started the final three games after Burton went down due to injury ... made collegiate debut at UAB (9/16) playing five snaps with a knockdown ... played a season-high 68 snaps and graded at a season-best 82 percent at Troy (11/18) ... graded at 75-percent on 52 snaps against ULM (11/25) before earning start against Jacksonville State (12/16) in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
High School
Ranked as a three-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite … rated as the No. 120 interior offensive lineman and the No. 222 recruit from Florida … was a four-year starter at center … helped The Bolles School advance to the third round of the 4A playoffs in 2021 … father was an offensive lineman at Florida State and made 44 starts in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina Panthers … brother, Caden, played at NC State from 2021-25.
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