Cooper Legas

Cooper Legas is an American football quarterback for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. He previously played for the Utah State Aggies.

Early life and high school
Legas grew up in Orem, Utah and attended Orem High School, where he lettered in football, track & field and wrestling. In his high school career, Legas completed 555 of his 858 pass attempts for 9,770 yards, 101 touchdowns and 26 interceptions. Legas would also rush for 2,770 yards and 22 touchdowns, while also hauling in 12 receptions for 240 yards. Legas was a three-star rated recruit and would commit to play college football at Utah State University over offers from BYU, Navy, Air Force, Arkansas and Army.

Utah State
Legas was redshirted during his true freshman season in 2019. He would also not appear in any games during the 2020 season.

During the 2021 season, he appeared in two games. During the 2021 LA Bowl, he became the first FBS quarterback ever to throw a touchdown on his first collegiate pass in a bowl game.

During the 2022 season, he played in 10 games and started eight of them, finishing the season with completing 135 out of 221 passing attempts for 1,499 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He also rushed for 303 yards on 108 carries with 1,802 total offensive yards.

During the 2023 season, he played in nine games and started seven of them, finishing the season with completing 138 out of 213 passing attempts for 1,815 yards, 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also rushed for 122 yards on 68 carries.

Legas announced that he would return for the 2024 season as a super senior. However, on April 17, 2024, he would announce that he would enter the transfer portal.

Tulsa
On May 7, 2024, Legas announced that he would transfer to Tulsa.

Personal life
On June 14, 2024, Legas married his longtime girlfriend, Harley Daniel.