Cooper Mathers wrapped up his junior year at Washington State, Mathers racked up 21 receptions for 251 yards and a touchdown, this adding another chapter to his unique path to becoming the Cougs starting tight end.
Mathers had dreams of playing division one football, however, wasn't highly recruited coming out of O'Dea High School in Seattle, "I wasn't highly recruited at all, I was mainly talking to D3 coaches. I was trying to get a walk on spot from any D1 school, just to try it out and see how far I could take it."
While Mathers was still searching for any kind of division one opportunity, he finally got a call from Washington State, "Out of nowhere WSU and our old special teams coach called me during covid and asked, 'Do you want to come here as a walk on?