Welcome to the 2019 FCS Kickoff Jersey Countdown.
The regular season begins Saturday, Aug. 24 with Samford vs. Youngstown State in the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff along with Villanova playing at Colgate.
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HERO Sports is going to count down each day by highlighting the best player in the FCS who wears the jersey number equal to the number of days until kickoff. You can find the running list of top players here.
*Note: Jersey numbers are from the 2018 season.
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6: Zerrick Cooper, QB (Jr.) — Jacksonville State
Cooper faced big expectations in his first season at JSU last year after transferring from Clemson. He lived up to the hype and got the JSU offense back to being explosive.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound signal-caller started all 13 games and broke several single-season school records: pass completions (251), passing yards (3,416), passing touchdowns (32), passing yards per game (262.8), touchdowns responsible for (38) and total offense per game (290.9).
RELATED: 2019 JSU Season Preview
Cooper earned HERO Sports Sophomore All-American honors and was named to the All-OVC First Team.
With his top four pass-catchers back, Cooper is set for a monster junior season. We named him on our Preseason All-American Third Team, and Cooper was selected as the OVC's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year.
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