Cooper Rush
Quarterback
Career Earnings: $13,317,529
Career APY: $1,479,725
Total Guarantees: $6,905,000
Largest Cash Payment: $4,100,000 (2025)
Largest Cap Number: $2,875,000 (2024)
- Date of Birth: November 21, 1993
- Height: 6'3"
- Weight: 220
- College: Central Michigan
- Entry: 2017 Undrafted Free Agent (Cowboys)
Contract History
| Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | UDFA | Expired | 2017 | 3 | $1,670,000 | $556,667 | $5,000 | $1,670,000 | 100.0% | $556,667 |
| Cowboys | RFA | Terminated | 2020 | 1 | $2,133,000 | $2,133,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Giants | RFA | Terminated | 2020 | 1 | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $150,000 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Giants | Practice | Terminated | 2020 | 1 | $204,000 | $204,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Cowboys | Practice | Elevated | 2020 | 1 | $204,000 | $204,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Cowboys | Practice | Expired | 2020 | 1 | $204,000 | $204,000 | $0 | $156,529 | 76.7% | $156,529 |
| Cowboys | SFA | Terminated | 2021 | 2 | $1,955,000 | $977,500 | $0 | $920,000 | 47.1% | $920,000 |
| Cowboys | Practice | Elevated | 2022 | 1 | $358,200 | $358,200 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Cowboys | Practice | Renegotiated | 2022 | 1 | $395,800 | $395,800 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Cowboys | SFA | Expired | 2022 | 1 | $1,035,000 | $1,035,000 | $0 | $977,500 | 94.4% | $977,500 |
| Cowboys | UFA | Expired | 2023 | 2 | $5,000,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,750,000 | $5,250,000 | 105.0% | $2,625,000 |
| Ravens | UFA | Terminated | 2025 | 2 | $6,200,000 | $3,100,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,100,000 | 66.1% | $4,100,000 |
Earnings By Team
| Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | 8 | $9,031,529 | $1,128,941 | $8,591,807 | 0.0% | $57,500 | 0.0% |
| Giants | 0 | $186,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $186,000 | 0.0% |
| Ravens | 1 | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 | $1,904,000 | 0.0% | $2,196,000 | 0.0% |
Season History
| Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Workout Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cowboys | $465,000 | $1,666 | $0 | $0 | $466,666 | 0.3% | $470,000 | ||
| 2018 | Cowboys | $555,000 | $1,666 | $0 | $0 | $556,666 | 0.3% | $555,000 | ||
| 2019 | Cowboys | $645,000 | $1,668 | $0 | $0 | $646,668 | 0.3% | $645,000 | ||
| 2020 | Cowboys | $204,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $156,529 | 0.1% | $156,529 | ||
| 2021 | Cowboys | $920,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $920,000 | 0.4% | $920,000 | ||
| 2022 | Cowboys | $1,035,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $845,278 | 0.4% | $977,500 | ||
| 2023 | Cowboys | $1,500,000 | $625,000 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $2,125,000 | 0.9% | $2,750,000 | ||
| 2024 | Cowboys | $2,250,000 | $625,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,875,000 | 1.1% | $2,500,000 | ||
| 2025 | Ravens | $1,255,000 | $549,000 | $100,000 | $1,255,000 | $1,904,000 | 0.7% | $4,100,000 | ||
| Total | $8,829,000 | $1,804,000 | $100,000 | $2,755,000 | $10,495,807 | $13,074,029 | ||||
Statistics
| Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Passing | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | Special | Comp/Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | Sacked | Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Total | Lost | |||
| 2017 | 2 | 5 | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1/3 | 33.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.6 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0/0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0/0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 9.2% | 0.0% | 30/47 | 63.8% | 422 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 105.1 | 9 | -8 | -0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 28.8% | 0.0% | 94/162 | 58% | 1051 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 80.0 | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 5.8% | 0.0% | 18/24 | 75% | 144 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72.2 | 12 | -5 | -0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 48.8% | 0.0% | 187/308 | 60.7% | 1844 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 83.8 | 26 | 18 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 | 11.3% | 0.0% | 34/52 | 65.4% | 303 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 48.8 | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |