Exploding into his third season, the disruptive linebacker is anchoring a shorthanded Green Bay Packers defense.
It's been nearly three decades since a Green Bay Packers player has recorded 15-plus tackles, multiple sacks, and five-plus tackles for loss in the first two games of the season.
That sort of stat line hasn't been seen since 1999, but here in 2026, Edgerrin Cooper made sure his name is now attached to that accomplishment.
The 24-year-old recorded seven total tackles in Week 1 and then added eight more in Week 2.
He had exactly six solo tackles in each week, and he recorded a sack in each game as well.
Cooper had two tackles for a loss against the Minnesota Vikings, and then had three in the team's overtime victory against the New York Jets.
Packers defense is off the charts
Even without Micah Parsons, this defense is proving why they're one of the best in all of football. That feels a bit odd to say, knowing they gave up 39 points to Carson Wentz and the Vikings in Week 1, but that game should be taken with a grain of salt.
People might not be impressed with what they did against the Jets in Week 2, but a win is a win, and the Packers' defense was a huge reason why they won that game.
Numerous key stops helped quarterback Jordan Love put together a game-winning drive, one that was capped off by the first game-winning field goal of rookie Trey Smack's career.
Cooper is no longer a rookie, but this is only his third year in the league. He's coming off a 118-tackle season, and he's on pace for just over 127 tackles this season, should he keep up at this 7.5-tackle-per-game pace.
It's incredibly unsustainable, but this also means Cooper is on pace to finish the year with 17 sacks. Remember, Myles Garrett just set the single-season sack record last year with 23.
It's crazy to think that through two games this year, he already has half as many sacks as he had in his first two seasons combined.
The former No. 45 overall pick is blossoming into a superstar, and that's something this defense desperately needs with Parsons on the shelf.
Together, he and Lukas Van Ness could become one of the most prolific linebacker and defensive end duos in all of football.
Cooper isn't just a tackle machine, but he has a fumble recovery in each of his first two seasons, and he had an interception as a rookie in 2024.
