University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: One of two players to be selected Most Improved Linebacker at the end of spring practice ... Shared team-high honors with six total tackles in the spring game ... Also recorded six stops in scrimmage the previous week, which included 1½ tackles behind the line of scrimmage ... Made five tackles in opening scrimmage of the spring.

Southern Mississippi Highlights (2007): Did not appear in a game.

High School Highlights: Lettered three years at Pace HS ... Helped the Patriots to a 9-4 record and a berth in the quarterfinals of the state 4A playoffs his final season ... Was named first-team all-state and all-area after pacing the squad with 160 tackles, serving as team capatin that fall as well ... Pace finished 13-1 after advancing to the semifinals of the state playoffs - they would fall to the eventual champion - when he was a junior ... A first-team all-state and all-area selection that year ... Earned defensive player-of-the-week honors five times in his last two seasons.

Personal: Full name is Christopher Newton Cooke ... Born Oct. 9, 1988, in Pace, Fla. ... Son of Doug and Amanda Cooke ... Enjoys playing golf in his free time ... Favorite player is Brian Urlacher ... Favorite musician is George Strait ... Favorite subject is history ... An exercise science major.