Jonathon Cooper holds the LOLB · Starter spot in Denver Broncos’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jonathon Cooper played 19 games in 2025 with a 62% snap share.

Jonathon Cooper is a left outside linebacker for the Denver Broncos, standing 6'4" and weighing 257 pounds. The Ohio State product was selected by Denver in the seventh round (239th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. Through five completed seasons with the Broncos, Cooper has appeared in 64 games with 48 starts, accumulating 209 tackles (118 solo), 23.5 sacks (151.0 yards), one interception (4 yards), and three passes defensed. In 2025, he recorded 9.0 sacks and 4.0 passes defensed. His 23.5 career sacks rank as the most in the NFL by a seventh-round draft pick since 2019.

Ohio State2016 – 2020

Broncos2021 — present

CollegeOhio StateDraftRound 7 · No. 239 overall · 2021 · DENHometownGahanna, OH