The case
Played three seasons at Harvard and one at Duke before Miami. Entered with 185 career receptions, 2,848 yards and 21 touchdowns.
WR · Miami · Redshirt Senior
Cooper Barkate
CHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
PPG73.8OVERALL#39WR#11
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-38Chrome auto · BCPA-CBA
PAPERBPP-38
CHROMEBCP-38
CHROME AUTOBCPA-CBA
PAPER AUTOBPPA-CBA
PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
Prior production across competition levels is useful, but an older receiver must demonstrate transferable skills. Familiarity with Mensah is context, not a guaranteed target share.
The production
Entered Miami with 185 career receptions for 2,848 yards and 21 touchdowns across 37 games and 33 starts; earned second-team All-ACC in 2025 after prior All-Ivy and FCS All-America recognition.
Latest game
Joined Miami after playing with Mensah at Duke; Miami named him to its Biletnikoff watch-list announcement.
NEXT CHECK
Monitor whether established quarterback familiarity translates into verified receiving opportunity.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 2 autograph appearances · 0 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-38 | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Cooper Barkate BPP-38 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-38 | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Cooper Barkate BCP-38 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-CBA | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Cooper Barkate BCPA-CBA |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-CBA | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Cooper Barkate BPPA-CBA |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Miami; WR; Redshirt Senior; 6-1; 195 lb.
Source 1: Miami: Cooper Barkate official profile ↗Source 2: Miami Biletnikoff announcement ↗- school
- Miami (verified)
- position
- WR (verified)
- class
- Redshirt Senior (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-1 / 195 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- Miami reports a No. 3 athlete ranking in California from 247Sports, a No. 10 wide-receiver ranking in the state from Rivals and first-team All-Trinity League recognition. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- See explicitly dated profile observations; complete current-season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Monitor whether established quarterback familiarity translates into verified receiving opportunity. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 73.8 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 80medium | A 185-catch, 2,848-yard career across 33 starts with 2025 second-team All-ACC recognition supports strong mature production and full-season responsibility; Miami documents high state positional rankings and first-team league recognition as the pedigree anchor.Source 1: Cooper Barkate: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Cooper Barkate official profile ↗Source 3: Miami Biletnikoff announcement ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 55medium | A 185-catch, 2,848-yard career across 33 starts with 2025 second-team All-ACC recognition supports strong mature production and full-season responsibility; Miami documents high state positional rankings and first-team league recognition as the pedigree anchor.Source 1: Cooper Barkate: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Cooper Barkate official profile ↗Source 3: Miami Biletnikoff announcement ↗ |
| role | 15% | 85medium | A 185-catch, 2,848-yard career across 33 starts with 2025 second-team All-ACC recognition supports strong mature production and full-season responsibility; Miami documents high state positional rankings and first-team league recognition as the pedigree anchor.Source 1: Cooper Barkate: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Cooper Barkate official profile ↗Source 3: Miami Biletnikoff announcement ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 65medium | A 185-catch, 2,848-yard career across 33 starts with 2025 second-team All-ACC recognition supports strong mature production and full-season responsibility; Miami documents high state positional rankings and first-team league recognition as the pedigree anchor.Source 1: Cooper Barkate: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Cooper Barkate official profile ↗Source 3: Miami Biletnikoff announcement ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history73.8 PPG · 8 checks
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 73.8 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 39 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 4 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Miami: Cooper Barkate official profile ↗ · Miami · checked 2026-09-16
- Miami Biletnikoff announcement ↗ · Miami · checked 2026-09-16
- Cooper Barkate: additional official evidence ↗ · Miami · checked 2026-09-22