Hunkie Cooper
| San Diego State Aztecs | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 17, 1969 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Palestine, Texas | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Palestine (TX) Westwood | ||||||||||
| College: | UNLV | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1991 | ||||||||||
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| Receptions-Yards-TDs: | 775-8,575-139 |
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| Rush-Yards-TDs: | 145-287-39 |
| Tackles-Sacks-INTs: | 196-3.0-15 |
| Returns-Yards-TDs: | 476-9,459-26 |
| Passing yards-TDs: | 75-8 |
Hernandez James "Hunkie" Cooper (born May 17, 1969) is a former American football receiver and linebacker who played for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League until his retirement in 2005. He is currently the wide receivers coach for the San Diego State Aztecs football team. He is a two time recipient of the Ironman of the Year award and was voted league MVP in 1993.
Hunkie Cooper was the son of a military veteran and the youngest, and shortest, of 5 children. He received the name Hernandez from a pact his father had made to his best friend prior to the Vietnam War. The pact they made said that if either were to die, the other would name his next child after him.
Cooper attended Westwood High School in Palestine, Texas and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he played quarterback.
Hunkie went on to play at Navarro College in Texas where he led the Bulldogs to a NJCAA national championship in 1989. He soon transferred to University of Nevada, Las Vegas. At UNLV, he played six different positions, and he was a two-time All-Big West Conference selection. In a dramatic beginning to D1 Football in Hunkie's first game for Head Coach Jim Strong's UNLV Rebel's he scored Four Touchdowns from all over the field in the season opener verses Southwest Missouri. As a punt returner during his senior season he was selected as an All-American. He received a B.A. in Criminal Law and Education in 1991.
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