AWARDS:
- All-Mountain West First Team (2022)
- Third Team Preseason Athlon All-Mountain West Offense (2022)
2022:
- Career-high 10 touchdown catches and career-high 1,076 receiving yards
- His 1,076 yards in 2022 are good for seventh in SJSU single-season history and his 10 touchdowns are good for fourth in SJSU single-season history
- His 10 touchdown catches led the Mountain West and was good for 13th in the country
- Six catches for 93 yards vs Eastern Michigan in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/20)
- 10 catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns vs. Hawai'i (11/26)
- Career-high three TD catches plus 125 yards at Utah State (11/19)
- The three touchdowns in a game tied an SJSU record
- TD catch with three catches for 36 yards at San Diego State (11/12)
- Led team with six catches for 80 yards and one TD vs. CSU (11/05)
- Led team with eight catches, plus had 79 yards vs. Nevada (10/29)
- Caught 6 passes for 134 yards and a TD at Fresno State (10/15)
- Had a touchdown with 41 yards receiving vs. UNLV (10/7)
- Season-high eight catches, season-high 177 yds including one reception for season-high 52 yds at Wyoming (10/01)
- Had two catches for 21 yards including first TD at SJSU vs. WMU (9/24)
- Caught four passes for 46 yards at Auburn (9/10)
- Had six catches on nine targets for 123 yards vs. Portland St. (9/1)
NEVADA (2019-21):
- Cooks had at least one reception in 32 of the 39 games he played
- Had 16 games with a reception of 20 or more yards
- Named Nevada’s Outstanding Offensive Player for catching 76 passes for 926 yards and eight touchdowns in the 2019 season
- Set a school bowl game record for receiving yards with 197 on 14 receptions (a personal single-game best and tied the Nevada single-game bowl mark) in the 2019 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
- 39 NCAA Division I FBS games played
- Closed out the 2019 regular season with 12 catches for 151 yards against in-state rival UNLV
- Career totals – 115 receptions, 1,478 yards, 18 TDs
HIGH SCHOOL:
- The two-sport letterwinner at Atascadero (Calif.) High was a two-time All-San Luis Obispo County and first-team All-Ocean League honoree in football (Coach Vic Cooper)
- Was a member of the Greyhounds’ boys basketball teams
PERSONAL: Elijah graduated from the University of Nevada in 2021 as a sociology major ... Adrian Cooks, his dad, was a running back at Fresno State during the 1987 through 1989 seasons ... His sister, Mariah, played basketball for Washington State University during the 2013 through 2016 seasons and ranks tied for fourth for most games played with 127 ... Elijah is a native of Santa Maria, Calif.
Career Stats:
| TACKLING | U/A | A | Total | TFL | PD | FF | FR | BLK | SACKS |
| 2022...GR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RECEPTIONS | Rec | Yds | Td | Lg | Rec/G | Yds/R | Yds/g | ||
| 2022 ... GR | 69 | 1076 | 10 | 52 | 5.8 | 15.6 | 89.7 | ||
| PASSING | comp-att-int | yds | td | lg | pct | avg/p | avg/g | efic | |
| 2022 ... GR | 1-2-1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 50 | 19 | 1.6 | 29.8 |