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Career Stats
Game Logs: 2015 | 2013
Coprich spent four seasons at Cal before graduating in December of 2015 with a bachelor's degree in legal studies before later playing as a graduate transfer at East Carolina in 2016 and Dixie State in 2017. Coprich played in 17 games off the bench at Cal with all of his action coming during his 2013 redshirt freshman and 2015 sophomore campaigns while he missed two seasons in 2012 and 2014 due to injury. He finished his Cal career with 205 yards rushing and two scores on the ground over 54 carries while adding nine receptions for 74 yards for a total of 279 all-purpose yards. He also had four tackles and one forced fumble on special teams. In addition, Coprich was an inspiring story off the field highlighted by his selection to the 2014 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® and earning the team's Ted Agu Award given to a player demonstrating a commitment to community service as a 2015 sophomore.
Coprich's Cal Career Game Highs
Rushes: 14 (at Oregon, 2013)
Rushing Yards: 55 (vs. USC, 2013)
Rushing TDs: 1 (twice, last vs. Grambling State, 2015)
Long Rush: 12 (twice, last at UCLA, 2015)
Receptions: 3 (vs. Grambling State, 2015)
Receiving Yards: 35 (vs. Grambling State, 2015)
Long Reception: 24 (vs. Grambling State, 2015)
All-Purpose Yards: 62 (vs. USC, 2013)
Tackles: 3 (vs. Grambling State, 2015)
Forced Fumbles: 1 (vs. Grambling State, 2015)
Points: 6 (twice, last vs. Grambling State, 2015)
After Cal
• Played in 10 games and rushed 108 times for 353 yards and one touchdown while adding 12 catches for 95 yards, 16 kick returns for 347 yards and two punt returns for zero yards to total 795 all-purpose yards as a 2017 senior at Dixie State, leading the club in kick return yards while ranking third in rushing and all-purpose yards
• Played in five games off the bench and had two receptions for 14 yards as a 2016 junior at East Carolina
Cal Career (2012-15)
• Played in 17 games off the bench during his four seasons with the program, with all of his action coming during his 2013 redshirt freshman and 2015 sophomore campaigns while he missed two seasons in 2012 and 2014 due to injury
• Finished his Cal career with 205 yards rushing and two scores on the ground over 54 carries while adding nine receptions for 74 yards for a total of 279 all-purpose yards, as well as four tackles and one forced fumble on special teams
• Registered career highs of 156 yards rushing and 40 carries as a redshirt freshman while his five receptions and 51 yards receiving, as well as his four tackles and one forced fumble as a sophomore were career bests, with his one rushing touchdown each season equaling a career high
• Rushed for a career-high 55 yards on 10 carries as a redshirt freshman vs. USC while adding another reception for seven yards to total a career-high 62 all-purpose yards
• Rushed a career-high 14 times for 51 yards and scored the first of his two collegiate rushing touchdowns on a career-high 14 carries at Oregon as a redshirt freshman
• Posted career highs of three receptions and 35 yards receiving while adding a 24-yard catch that was the longest of his Cal career, as well as one of his two career rushing touchdowns, and career highs of three tackles and one forced fumble in the season-opener of his sophomore campaign against Grambling State
• Twice had a career-long 12-yard run as a redshirt freshman against USC and in the final game he saw action in at Cal as a sophomore at UCLA
• Changed his uniform to No. 20 in the spring of 2013 after wearing No. 30 for his first season with the program in 2012
• Worked out at three different positions during his Cal career beginning as a defensive back before moving to running back in the spring of 2013, inside receiver in the spring of 2015 and back to running back for the 2015 campaign
College Career (Cal 2012-15, East Carolina 2016, Dixie State 2017)
• Played in 32 games during his six campaigns as a collegiate football player at Cal (2012-15), East Carolina (2016) and Dixie State (2017)
• Combined to register 1088 all-purpose yards, rushing 162 times for 558 yards and three touchdowns, catching 23 passes for 183 yards, registering 16 kick returns for 347 yards and two punt returns for zero yards
Sophomore (2015)
• Honored with the team's Ted Agu Award given to a player demonstrating a commitment to community service
• Played in seven games off the bench, rushing 14 times for 49 yards and one touchdown on the ground, while adding five receptions for 51 yards to total 100 all-purpose yards
• Rushed for a season-high 26 yards including a 12-yard run that tied for the longest of his Cal career while adding two receptions for 12 yards in the final contest he played for Cal at UCLA for a total of 42 all-purpose yards
• Had a season-high 45 all-purpose yards in the season-opener vs. Grambling State when he rushed five times for 10 yards and a career-high-tying one touchdown on a one-yarder in the third quarter, while also recording career-bests with three receptions, 35 yards receiving and a 24-yard catch
• Also had rushing yardage vs. San Diego State (2-5), at Washington (2-5) and at Texas (1-3)
• Had career highs of three tackles and one forced fumble vs. Grambling State while adding a fourth tackle at Texas
• Moved to inside receiver prior to spring football but returned to running back prior to the 2015 campaign
• Missed most of spring practices including the spring game due to injury
Sophomore (2014)
• Did not play due to injury and was later granted a medical redshirt and a sixth year of collegiate eligibility
• Traveled to the 2015 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl to be recognized at halftime and participate in a community service project prior to the contest as one of 22 players across all levels of football and one of 11 from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision to earn a spot on the roster of the 2014 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, a prestigious off-the-field honor that recognizes dedication to community service by paying tribute to a select group of student-athletes who have worked positively to impact the lives of others
• Presented with his Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® trophy in a surprise ceremony in front of his Cal teammates following a team practice on November 18
• Rushed a game-high 11 times for 32 yards and one touchdown as the second-leading rusher in the spring game, while adding one reception for 18 yards
• Subject of a story titled Making A Difference that won a 2015 CoSIDA Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest District 8 Award for best Story With Video of the Year produced by Cal Athletics staffers Kyle McRae and Jason McClain
Freshman (2013)
• Played in a career-high 10 games off the bench, recording career bests of 40 carries and 156 yards rushing, while tying a career best with one touchdown on the ground
• Added four receptions for 23 yards to total a career-high 179 all-purpose yards
• Twice rushed for over 50 yards with a career-high 55 yards on 10 carries vs. USC and 51 yards as well as his first collegiate score on a career-high 14 rushes at Oregon
• Also had rushing yardage vs. Washington State (4-15), vs. Oregon State (4-15), at UCLA (4-14), at Washington (3-4) and vs. Portland State (1-2)
• Has a career-long-tying 12-yard run vs. USC and a season-long 16-yard reception vs. Oregon State
• Had a single reception on four occasions against Oregon State (season-high 16 yards), vs. USC (7 yards), vs. Washington State (1 yard) and at Oregon (-1 yard)
• His 62 all-purpose yards vs. USC (55 rushing, 7 receiving) were a career high
• Moved to running back after spending his 2012 redshirt freshman campaign as a defensive back and was one of three running backs along with Darren Ervin and Jonah Hodges receiving the majority of the reps during spring practices, with injuries to the top two running backs on the preseason depth chart Brendan Bigelow and Daniel Lasco
• Rushed a game-high 13 times for 28 yards in the spring game
Freshman (2012)
• Redshirted
• Did not play due to injury
West Ranch HS (Class of 2012)/Golden Valley HS (2008-10)
• Recipient of the 2012 Watkins Scholar Athlete of the Year honor for the state of California given annually by the Los Angeles Chapter of The National Alliance of African American Athletes as a means for recognizing an exceptionally talented African American male athlete who, by his example, helps promote high academic standards and a commitment to community service
• Played both running back and defensive back
• Rushed for 1,277 yards and 16 touchdowns as a 2011 senior in his lone season at West Ranch High School, while he added five receptions for 41 yards
• Also had 25 tackles, two interceptions that he returned for touchdowns of 80 and 72 yards, three passes defended, and one fumble recovery that he returned 35 yards for a score on defense as a senior, while on special teams returned seven kicks for 164 yards
• Broke the single-game rushing record at West Ranch High School with 235 yards on the ground in the first game he played for the school as a senior
• Played in the 2011 Cal State 5-Star All-Star Game following his senior season and forced a fumble on special teams that he returned for a touchdown
• Prior to transferring to West Ranch High School broke both the single-season (1,273 yards) and single-game (230 yards) rushing records at Golden Valley High School during his 2010 junior campaign, finishing with seven rushing touchdowns as well as 14 catches for 128 yards receiving and one forced fumble on defense
• Maintained a 3.5 GPA throughout his high school career
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2012)
• A three-star recruit according to Scout, while ESPN gave him two stars
• Ranked as California’s No. 207 player overall by ESPN
Other
• Full name is Jeffrey Jerome Coprich Jr.
• Born August 3, 1993
• Parents are father Jeffrey J. Coprich Sr., stepmother Danielle D. Coprich and mother Shantal House Baker
• Was one of Cal’s most active participants in community service who was especially inspired by a tragedy during his childhood on his third birthday in 1996 when his seven-year-old sister, Essence, lost her life in a car accident that he survived
• Shortly after his sister’s passing along with help from his family founded the Essence K. Coprich Book Club in honor of Essence that was started in conjunction with the I Am Foundation (iamfoundation.org) at 116th Elementary School in the Watts area of Los Angeles
• Has had the story of his efforts with the Essence K. Coprich Book Club told by multiple media outlets
• Has dedicated his entire football playing career to his grandmother Hattie B. Jeter-Coprich (dad’s mother) who is in a fight against breast cancer with the hope that she will be able to see him play in person
• A relative of Major League Baseball great Derek Jeter
• Graduated from Cal in December of 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies
Last Updated
March 18, 2018
