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Member of the Florida State Leadership Council in 2015 & 2016...Presented with the Community Service Award following the 2016 spring season...Visited several local Tallahassee schools to speak with students about education and making the most of opportunities...Bought toys for a local Miami children’s hospital and passed them out over Christmas break...Visited an Atlanta hospital during Peach Bowl week...Raised by his grandmother, Betty Cook...Social Science major at FSU.
Suffered a torn ACL in Week 4 in 2017...Set a Vikings team record for most rushing yards by a rookie through 1st 3 games with 288 yards...Selected with the 41st pick in the 2017 NFL draft…Declared for the NFL draft as a junior…Was the 3rd RB selected in the 2017 NFL Draft...Highest FSU player chosen in 2017.
Missed the final 12 weeks of the season due to a torn ACL suffered vs. Detroit (10/1)...His 288 yards on the ground through 3 games was the most by any Vikings rookie RB through 3 games, passing Adrian Peterson (271, 2007) and Chuck Foreman (231, 1973)...Ran the ball 13 times for 66 yards (5.1 avg.) and a TD vs. Detroit (10/1) and added 1 catch for 8 yards before leaving the game with a knee injury...Totaled 169 yards from scrimmage vs. Tampa Bay (9/24), gaining 97 yards on the ground on 27 carries (3.6 avg.) and reaching the end zone for the 1st time in his career...Also added a career-high 72 receiving yards on a career-high 5 receptions (14.4 avg.) in the team’s 34-17 victory...Ran the ball 12 times for 64 yards at Pittsburgh (9/17) with 2 catches for 0 yards in Week 2...Totaled 127 rushing yards on 22 carries (5.8 avg.) in his 1st career NFL game vs. New Orleans (9/11), the most rushing yards by a Viking rookie in their debut in club history...Caught 3 passes for 10 yards in Week 1.
Appeared in 38 games, making 28 starts during his Florida State career…All-time leader in rushing yards (4,464) and rushing TDs (46) at FSU…Posted 21 games with 100+ rushing yards...2nd in school history with 5,399 all-purpose yards...Two-time 1st-Team All-American in 2015 and 2016...Earned All-ACC Honors all three seasons...Jim Brown Award winner in 2015...Only player in ACC history to break 4,000 rushing yards in 3 seasons...Finished his junior season with a career-high, and FSU record, 1,765 rushing yards with 19 TDs...Added 488 receiving yards which was 3rd most on the team...Totaled 20 TDs (19 rush, 1 rec.)...Led FSU to an Orange Bowl win over #6 Michicgan while earning MVP honors...Recorded 207 total yards while improving the Seminoles to 10-3...Eclipsed 200+ rushing yards twice during 2016 with a career-high 267 at USF...Compiled 329 yards from scrimmage (267 rush, 62 rec.), the most in the country since 2014 at the time...Found the end zone 4 times at Syracuse (tying the school record for rushing TDs) and racked up 225 yards while passing Warrick Dunn for the FSU rushing title...Excelled vs. #3 Clemson with 169 rushing yards and 4 TDs, including scores from 43 and 70 yards...1st FSU RB in 10 years to have a 100+ yard receiving game when Cook went for 101 vs. Ole Miss...Became the 1st FSU RB, just the 2nd Nole ever, to have a game with 100+ yards in both rushing and receiving when going for 140 on the ground and career-high 106 in the air vs. UNC...Career-long TD catch of 59 yards vs. Miami...Versus 5 ranked opponents in 2016, Cook averaged 157.6 ypg, more than 38 yards higher than the next RB...Totaled 1,691 rushing yards with 19 TDs as a sophomore during his 12 starts...Added 24 receptions for 244 yards and 1 TD...Career-long TD rush of 94 yards came at Wake Forest in 2015...Averaged 140.9 ypg...Led the ACC in 6 offensive categories...Led the nation with 168.2 yards from scrimmage per game...Posted 6 games with 150+rushing yards along with 2 games over 200, the 1st 200+ yard game at FSU since 1988 (Sammie Smith)...Would join Warrick Dunn as the only FSU RB to post multiple 1,000+ yard seasons...Had 5 TD runs of 50+ yards in 2015...Fastest player in FSU history to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards as it only took Cook 7 games...Named the team’s Offensive MVP and 1 of 4 permanent captains during his 2nd season at FSU...Holds the school record for most rushing yards by a sophomore (1,691)...Became the 1st FSU freshman RB to break the 1,000-yard rushing mark...Holds the FSU record for 1st-year rushing yards with 1,008 while adding 8 TDs on just 170 carries...Appeared in 13 games with 3 starts as a true freshman...Added 22 receptions for 203 yards...Ranked 5th in the ACC in rushing yards...Had 5 contests with 100+ rushing yards...Rushed for 177 yards and a TD in just his 2nd career start on his way to earning MVP honors in the ACC Championship win vs. Georgia Tech...FSU’s 3rd straight conference title...Paired with #1 overall pick QB Jameis Winston to go 13-0 in the regular season...Earned a playoff berth vs. Oregon in the Rose Bowl...Earned All-ACC honors from coaches and media.
Led Miami Central to the Class 6A state title by rushing for 223 yards and 4 TDs in the 52-7 win over Seffner Armwood...Totaled 4,267 yards and 64 touchdowns during his prep career while leading Central to a 52-5 overall record...Won 3 state titles ...Didn’t play for Miami Central until his sophomore season...Rushed for 1,940 yards and 24 TDs on just 177 carries (11.0 ypr) during his senior season...Tops in Miami-Dade County...Added 3 INTs...Two-time All-State Class 6A 1st-Team...Named Florida’s Mr. Florida in 2013...Rated as the #1 prospect in Florida and the #2 RB in the nation by 247Sports...5-star prospect by Rivals and 247Sports...Selected FSU over Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Miami...Also ran track at Central...Attended same high school as current Falcons RB Devonta Freeman who was a senior when Cook was a freshman.
