• Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 136 yards and 2 TDs vs. Miami on 12/16/18.
• Finished the 2018 season with 920 yards from scrimmage despite missing 5 games with injury.
OFF THE FIELD Helped launch Vikings Table charity food truck to benefit the Minnesota Vikings Foundation in June of 2019...Partnered with Hy-Vee to host a dozen children from local Boys and Girls Club locations for a cooking class in December 2018...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.
HONORS Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Miami in Week 14 of the 2018 season.
PRO Led Minnesota with 615 yards rushing in 2018 despite missing 5 games...Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Miami on 12/16/18...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.
2018 Finished the season with 920 yards from scrimmage (615 rushing, 305 receiving) and 4 total touchdowns while starting 10 of the 11 games he appeared in...Earned his first NFC Offensive Player of the Week award against Miami in Week 15...Reached 100+ yards from scrimmage for the 3rd time in 4 games, racking up a total of 108 yards (16 carries for 73 yards and 3 receptions for 35 yards) at Detroit (12/23)...Had a career day vs. Miami (12/16), setting personal bests for rushing yards (136) and total yards (163) while recording the first multi-score game of his career. Finished with 19 carries for 136 yards and 2 TDs and 1 reception for 27 yards...Scored his 2nd receiving TD of the season at Seattle (12/10), finishing with 13 rushes for 55 yards and 5 receptions for 28 yards and 1 TD...Finished with 106 scrimmage yards at New England (12/2). Ended the day with 9 carries for 84 rushing yards and a career-high 8 receptions for 22 yards...Scored his 1st TD of the season and the 1st rec. TD of his career against Green Bay (11/25), finishing with 3 catches for 47 yards and 1 TD and 10 carries for 29 yards...Returned from injury to rush for 89 yards on 10 carries vs. Detroit (11/4), including a career-long 70-yard rush in the 2nd quarter. Added 4 receptions for 20 yards...Inactive Weeks 5-8 while recovering from an injured hamstring...Rushed 10 times for 20 yards in limited action as he returned from injury at Los Angeles (9/27)...Inactive with a hamstring injury vs. Buffalo (9/23)...Rushed for 38 yards on 10 carries and caught 3 passes for 52 yards at Green Bay (9/16)...Totaled 95 yards from scrimmage in his first regular-season game back from a torn ACL suffered in 2017, rushing 16 times for 40 yards while grabbing 6 receptions for 55 yards against San Francisco (9/9).
2017 Missed the final 12 weeks of the regular 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 a debut in club history...Caught 3 passes for 10 yards in Week 1.
COLLEGE 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 Michigan 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...Totaled 1,691 rushing yards with 19 TDs as a sophomore during his 12 starts...Added 24 receptions for 244 yards and 1 TD...Led the nation with 168.2 yards from scrimmage per game...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...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...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.
PREP 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 ypa) 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.
