Wide receiver Cooper Hooker Cooper Hooker 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Pryor | 2027 State OK came back with a vengeance in 2025. After suffering a leg injury in 2024, Hooker was the runaway winner for Comeback Player Of The Year in 2025. He helped lead the Wildcats to the quarterfinals and was one of the best players in Class 2A-2 last season. Hooker has been one of the top wide receivers in the state’s 2027 class for a while now and has climbed up to the top spot in the latest ranking update. And we’re fired up to see him take the field again this fall. Hooker recently made the move from Salina to Pryor and will spend his senior season competing against 5A competition this season.

Salina wide receiver Cooper Hooker Cooper Hooker 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Pryor | 2027 State OK is a 2027 prospect that we’ve written and posted about quite a bit over the last several years. Simply put, he’s going to help whatever program he ends up at. Hooker understands that he has to work so much harder to get looks over some of the other 2027 wide receivers in this class. But we’ll just throw this out there. Watch him in person or even on film. It doesn’t matter what the setting is. It could be one of our camps or 7v7 tournaments. It could be an elite prospect camp at OU. It could be under the Friday night lights. Hooker is consistently one of the best players on any field he steps on. He’s a prospect that deserves more respect.

Earlier in the preview, we mentioned how Salina missed arguably their best playmaker last season for part of the year. Junior wide receiver Cooper Hooker Cooper Hooker 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Pryor | 2027 State OK was that guy and he’s back to 100 percent and ready to make up for lost time. Simply put, Hooker is one of the more dynamic football players in the state and it’s insane how underrated he is as a true prospect for the next level. We’ve seen Hooker quite a bit in each of the last few offseasons and on film with the pads on. Every time we’ve seen him, he’s one of the top players on the field. He intends to be just that again this fall. 

(2024 All State Honorable Mention)

Salina wide receiver Cooper Hooker Cooper Hooker 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Pryor | 2027 State OK is a prospect on our shortlist for comeback players to watch in 2025. Now, it should be mentioned that Hooker was able to get back on the field earlier than anticipated in 2024 but he had what could have been a season-ending injury early on in the season. But when he’s healthy, Hooker is one of the more dynamic small school wide receivers in the state. He proved that when he was just a freshman. He was incredibly dangerous on the offensive side of the ball and he also turned into a massive threat in the return game. We’re looking forward to seeing what he’s able to do with another full season of healthy football. Because every time we’ve seen him in person, he’s routinely one of the top players in the state. Hooker is a game changer that is flying under the radar right now but shouldn’t as we look ahead to this fall.

Salina wide receiver Cooper Hooker Cooper Hooker 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Pryor | 2027 State OK is one of the top wide receivers in Oklahoma’s 2027 class. But it has been a tough fall for the small school standout. Hooker suffered a leg injury very early on in the season and has missed a little over a month of game action. He’s getting close to 100 percent and if the Wildcats can steal some district wins down the stretch, we could see more of him once the playoffs roll around. But even if we don’t, Hooker is a player to keep an eye on moving forward. He produced at a high level during his freshman season and he had an excellent offseason. When healthy, Hooker is one of the top wide receivers in the state’s 2027 clas.

There are few prospects in the state’s 2027 class that impressed us more this offseason than Cooper Hooker Cooper Hooker 5'10" | 165 lbs | WR Pryor | 2027 State OK out of Salina. The small school product is going to be one of the best players in his class this season and he’s only going to be a sophomore. This offseason, Hooker caught everything thrown his way on the 7v7 circuit and that just carried over from what was a dominating freshman season. Every time he touched the ball, he was a threat to score. Compared to some of the larger school prospects, Hooker might be flying under the radar but that would be a mistake because this kid can go.