Cooper Stephens

Cooper Stephens is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Stephens was initially drafted to the Geelong Football Club.

Early life
Stephens broke his leg at the start of his final underage year. Despite being disappointed he took the opportunity to train with the Geelong Falcons high performance manager and was in good shape for the combine testing at the end of the year.

He was drafted with the 16th selection in the 2019 AFL draft from Geelong Falcons in the NAB League.

AFL career
Stephens had an interrupted start in the AFL, he was reduced to hub scratch matches in 2020 and in 2021 he suffered a ankle injury. He managed to string enough games in the VFL to be considered for a promotion to the senior side. He made his debut in Canberra against the in round 8 2022. He managed to play seven senior games in his debut season.

Cooper was traded to in a three way deal that saw Oliver Henry move to  and Tom Mitchell move to.

Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.

! colspan=3| Career ! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 36 !! 40 !! 76 !! 14 !! 11 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 5.1 !! 5.7 !! 10.8 !! 2.0 !! 1.5 !! 0 Notes
 * 2020 || || 12
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 * 2021 || || 12
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
 * 2022 || || 12
 * 7 || 0 || 0 || 36 || 40 || 76 || 14 || 11 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.1 || 5.7 || 10.8 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 0
 * 2023 || || 21
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
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 * 2023 || || 21
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
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Honours and achievements
Team
 * Minor premiership : 2022