2020 Football Roster
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UC Davis
Sep 6 (Sat)
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Roster
Cook, Alex

Jersey Number 5
Alex Cook
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Sheldon
Bio
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Β AT WASHINGTON |
NIL Opportunities: Alex Cook
2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team (Phil Steele)
2022: Voted a captain for the 2022 season ... started all 13 games ... finished the season as the Huskies' leading tackler, with 82Β ...Β three tackles, including one for a loss, vs. Kent State ... three stops vs. Portland State ... game-high nine tackles, including one for a loss, in the win over No. 11 Michigan State ... seven tackles in the win over Stanford ... career-high 11 tackles at UCLA ... eight tackles at Arizona State ... had eight tackles in the win over Arizona ... made six stops in the win at California ... had four tacklesΒ in the win over Oregon State ... notched six stops in the win over No. 6 Oregon ... team-high six tacklesΒ in the win over Colorado ... six tackles, including one for a loss,Β in the win at Washington State ... five tackles and a pass break-upΒ in the Alamo Bowl win over Texas ...Β won the Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational Award β the team's oldest and most prestigious honor βΒ at the team's postseason awards banquet ... also won the Defensive Skill Player of Year, the Chuck Niemi Big Hit Award, and the Starving Dawg Award (for his work in the weight room).
2021:Β Played in 11 games, starting nine ... made two tackles and a pass break up in the Montana game ... started the Michigan game, where he notched seven tackles ... started and had four tackles and a blocked punt in the win over Arkansas State ... named the UW coaches' special teams player of the game for the Arkansas State game ... seven tackles in a start vs. Cal ... made six stops in a start at Oregon State ... five tackles in a startΒ vs. UCLA ... made two tackles as a starter at Arizona ... missed the Stanford game due to injury ... returned to actionΒ vs. Oregon, making one tackle ... returned to the starting lineupΒ vs. Arizona State, when he seven tackles and an interception, which he returned 36 yards ... recorded two tackles as a starterΒ at Colorado ... two tackles, one for a loss, vs. Washington State ... won the Earle T. Glant Tough Husky Award at the postseason awards banquet.
2020: Played in all four games, starting three of them ... made his first start on defense in the season-opening win over Oregon State, finishing with two tackles ... started the first three games of the season ... four tacklesΒ in the win over Arizona ... made two stopsΒ in the comeback win over Utah.
2019: Played in all 13 games during the 2019 season ... made one tackle in the Huskies' win over Hawai'i, after which he was named the UW coaches' special teams player of the week ... made a tackle at Stanford ... one tackle vs. Oregon ... named the UW coaches' special teams player of the week for a second time this season following the Oregon State game.
2018: Played in 12 games, starting one ... saw his first action in the win over North Dakota, when he had one catch for 26 yards ... played in each game other than the opener vs. Auburn and the Pac-12 title game ... started against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
2017: Did not see any game action during the 2017 season ... redshirted.
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Β HIGH SCHOOL |
Named first-team Sacramento Bee All-Metro as a defensive back in 2016 ... Huskies went 8-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs as a senior in 2016 ... made 26 catches for 609 yards (a 23.4-yard average) and eight TDs and also rushed for 369 yards and three scores on just 39 carries as a senior ... credited with 92 total tackles and also returned kicks and punts for Sheldon ... as a junior, caught 46 passes for 703 yards and seven TDs while recording 48 tackles ... PrepStar All-West Region ... named to the Tacoma News-Tribune's Western 100 ... listed as the No. 220 overall prospect and No. 32 receiver in the nation by scout.com ... played for coach Joe Cattolico as a senior.
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