Kooper Ebel

Awards & Honors CSC Academic All-District (2024) Academic All-Big 12 (2024) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, S24, F24, S25) Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (24) 2024 Played and started all 14 games ... third on the team with 69 tackles while matching the team lead with 6.0 for a loss ... averaged 4.9 tackles per game ... also had one sack ... had a season-high nine tackles, 1.5 for a loss, in win at Houston ... recorded eight stops against Baylor ... notched six tackles in win at rival Iowa ... first career sack came in win against Arkansas State. 2023 Saw action in eight games as a backup linebacker and special teams contributor ... finished season with three tackles. High School Played at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School for head coach Jay Eilers … rated as a three-star athlete and a top-10 player in the state of Iowa by ESPN … member of Des Moines Register’s All-Iowa Elite Team on defense … also named to the Register’s Class A All-State Team as a running back … two-time IPSWA First-Team selection (2021, 2022) … helped Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn to an 8-3 record and a state quarterfinal appearance in 2022 … was the team’s leader in passing yards (824) and rushing yards (2,511) and totaled 38 touchdowns on the year, six through the air and 32 on the ground … amassed 78 tackles, including four for loss, and a sack … also led the defense with three interceptions … threw for 532 yards and rushed for 1,216 as a junior … responsible for 25 touchdowns, seven through the air and 18 on the ground … also recorded a team-high 82 tackles, including 61 solo … also held offers from Iowa, Vanderbilt and Nebraska … competed in basketball and track and field, qualifying for state in three events. Personal Father, Korey, played linebacker at South Dakota ... kinesiology major.