Cooper Rush

CAREER

• Appeared in 12 games (8 starts) for the Cowboys in 2024, completing 187-of-308 passes for 1,844 yards and 12 TDs with 5 INTs (83.8 rating), while also adding 18 yards on the ground, after taking over for injured QB Dak Prescott in Week 9…Completed 18-of-29 passes for 214 yards and a single-game career-high 3 TDs (119.0 rating) in the 30-14 victory at Car. (12/15)
• Appeared in nine games (five starts) for the Cowboys in 2022, completing 94-of-162 passes for 1,051 yards and 5 TDs with 3 INTs…Became the first QB in Cowboys history and the 14th QB in NFL history to win the first five starts in a career (Week 8 in 2021 and Weeks 2-5 in 2022)…Completed 10-of-16 passes for 102 yards (80.7 rtg) in the 22-10 win at LAR (10/9), marking his fifth-consecutive victory as a starting QB
• Completed 24-of-40 passes for 325 yards and 2 TDs with 1 INT (92.2 rating) in his first-career start, a 20-16 victory at Min. (10/31)…Logged the second-most yards – behind Gary Hogeboom's 343 at LAR (9/3/84) – in a player's first start as a Cowboy…His career-long 73-yard TD pass to Cedrick Wilson marked the longest by a QB in his first start as a Cowboy since Roger Staubach's 75-yarder vs. StL. (9/21/69)

COLLEGE

• Played in 50 games across four season (2013-16) at Central Michigan, completing 1,022-of-1,648 passes for 12,894 yards and 90 TDs with 55 INTs…Ranks No. 2 among CMU's career stats leaders in TD passes (90), passing yards (12,894), passes completed (1,022) and passing attempts (1,648)
• Completed 278-of-465 passes for 3,450 yards and 23 TDs with 16 INTs in his final collegiate campaign (2016)…His 465 passing attempts that season led all MAC QBs
• Started all 13 games as a junior in 2015, completing 324-of489 passes for 3,848 yards and 25 TDs with 11 INTs
• Started all 13 games as a sophomore in 2014, completing 243-of-382 passes for 3,157 yards and 27 TDs with 13 INTs
• Earned CMU Offensive Player of the Year as a redshirt freshman (2013), starting 10 games while completing 117-of-312 passes for 2,349 yards and 15 TDs and 15 INTs
• Earned a degree in actuarial science

PERSONAL

• He and his wife, Lauryn, have two daughters, Ayla and Evelyn
• Enjoys playing golf in his free time…Started the company "Path2Scratch" with his brother in 2023…The brand aims to grow the golf community, encourage the handicap system and sell merchandise
• Attended Lansing Catholic (MI) HS, completing 455-for-734 passes for 7,248 yards and 80 TDs, while adding 1,438 yards and 27 TDs on the ground for the Cougars…Holds Michigan high school state records for TD passes in a quarter (5), half (7), game (8) and season (48)
• Completed 242-of-362 passes for 4,002 yards and 48 TDs, plus 756 rushing yards and 16 rush TDs in his final season
• Led the program to a 25-5 record as a three-year starter, including a 13-1 record and state runner-up finish as a senior in 2011
• Also lettered three seasons in basketball and one in baseball