2025 Football Roster
Roster
Cooper Lanz
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 286
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Denton, Texas
- High School:
- Guyer HS
2025 (Redshirt Senior):Ā Played in 11 games with seven starts on the defensive line ā¦ Earned a single-digit number in the preseason ā¦ Finished with 34 tackles, three for a loss, one sack, two QB hurries, one PBU and one blocked kick ā¦Made four tackles with a PBU vs. Auburn ā¦ Had five tackles at SMU ā¦ Made single stops vs. Samford and Oklahoma State, with a QB hurry OSU ā¦ Had three tackles and a TFL and QB hurry vs. Kansas State ā¦ Had five tackles and a TFL at TCU ā¦ Made three stops at Cincinnati ā¦ Had two tackles and a sack vs. UCF ā¦ Made four stops vs. Utah and three each vs. Houston and at Arizona.
2024 (Redshirt Junior):Ā Played in 10 games with two starts ā¦ Battled injuries, missing games vs. Utah, Air Force and Houston ā¦ Had 15 tackles, including a sack, two QB hurries and one PBU ā¦ Had three stops in the opener vs. Tarleton ā¦ Had a tackle at Utah and vs. BYU ā¦ Made three stops at ISU ā¦ Had two tackles at Texas Tech, also breaking up a pass ā¦ Finished with a stop vs. OSU ā¦ Had three tackles and a sack and QB hurry vs. TCU ā¦ Made a tackle vs. WVU ā¦ Had a QB hurry in the Texas Bowl vs. LSU despite playing through illness.Ā
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 11 games he played at defensive tackle ā¦ Ranked fifth on the team with 34 tackles ā¦ Had three tackles for a loss, with one sack ā¦ Forced two fumbles and blocked a kick ā¦ Had two tackles in the season opener vs. Texas State ā¦ Had six stops vs. No. 12/12 Utah ā¦ Had four tackles and half a stop for a loss vs. No. 3/6 Texas ā¦ Had four tackles, 1.5 for a loss and one sack, blocking a kick in the comeback win at UCF ā¦ Had three tackles vs. Texas Tech and two at Cincinnati ā¦ Had three tackles and forced a fumble vs. Iowa State ā¦ Had three tackles at No. 25 Kansas State ā¦ Had a TFL and forced a fumble at TCU, while facing off with his older brother, TCUās starting center John Lanz ā¦ Had four tackles vs. West Virginia.Ā
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Named First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ā¦ Played in 12 games off the bench, only missing the contest at No. 21 BYU ā¦ Had two tackles in win over UAlbany and Texas State, adding one at Iowa State ā¦ Finished the year with five tackles.Ā
2021 (Freshman): Redshirted ... Did not appear in any games.
High School: Prepped at Denton Guyer High School for coach Rodney Webb ā¦ helped team to 8-2 record in 2020 ā¦ 88 tackles and 15.0 TFL as a senior ā¦ Tallied 8.0 sacks with 15 QB hurries and one forced fumble ā¦ Named to 5-6A All-District First Team ... Named TSWA Class 6A First Team All-State as a defensive end ... Was the 2020 TSWA Class 6A Defensive Player of the Year ... Also named a Dallas Morning News First Team defensive lineman ... Helped team to Class 6A state finals as a junior ā¦ 80 tackles, 24.0 TFL and 7.0 sacks in 2019 ā¦ No. 145 in Texas according to 247 Sports ā¦ Three-star prospect ā¦ ESPN also rated as a three-star recruit ā¦ Dave Campbellās Texas Football No. 114 in Texas ā¦ No. 84 on Dallas Morning-News Top 100 for Class of 2021 ā¦ Also played baseball.
Personal: Son of John and Nancy Lanz ā¦ brother John was starting center at TCU and the two went head to head in the 2023 meeting in Fort Worthā¦ pre-business major.
