{"id":293725,"date":"2026-07-24T16:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=293725"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:45:04","slug":"2027-nfl-draft-cam-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/07\/24\/2027-nfl-draft-cam-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 NFL Draft: Cam Cook Early Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cam Cook took the college football world by storm in 2025. He transferred from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/category\/big12\/tcu-horned-frogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">TCU Horned Frogs<\/a> to Jacksonville State in hopes of turning his efficiency into a higher workload. His 16 touchdowns and 295 attempts with the Gamecocks secured him <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/category\/fbs\/conferenceusa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Conference USA<\/a> Player of the Year honours while his 1,659 rushing yards led the entire FBS. Now with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/category\/big12\/west-virginia-mountaineers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">West Virginia Mountaineers<\/a>, Cook will look to maximize his stock at the Power Four level ahead of the 2027 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<h2>Cam Cook 2027 NFL Draft Early Scouting Profile<\/h2>\n<h3>Cam Cook Career Statistics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2,162 Rushing Yards<\/li>\n<li>5.1 Yards Per Attempt<\/li>\n<li>64.0 Yards Per Game<\/li>\n<li>25 Touchdowns, 6 Fumbles<\/li>\n<li>140 Missed Tackles Forced<\/li>\n<li>1,475 Yards After Contact<\/li>\n<li>72.0 Average Offensive Grade (<a href=\"https:\/\/premium.pff.com\/ncaa\/players\/2025\/REGPO\/cam-cook\/173133\/offense\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Football Focus<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>76.8 Average Rushing Grade (<a href=\"https:\/\/premium.pff.com\/ncaa\/players\/2025\/REGPO\/cam-cook\/173133\/rushing\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Football Focus<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>49.2 Average Receiving Grade (<a href=\"https:\/\/premium.pff.com\/ncaa\/players\/2025\/REGPO\/cam-cook\/173133\/receiving\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Football Focus<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cam Cook Player Background<\/h3>\n<p>Cook was an all-around athlete at Stony Point High School in Texas. He participated in the 4&#215;100 relay, varsity baseball and long jump, where he won the district championship after jumping nearly 23 feet. His best performances, however, were on the gridiron as he totaled 2,899 yards and 29 touchdowns across three seasons at the prep level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBhegLKeZ1\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3399px; aspect-ratio: 3399\/2550;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p>Cook was given a four-star rating and considered the 19th-ranked running back in the 2023 recruiting class, <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/cam-cook-46125448\/high-school-271111\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to 24\/7 Sports<\/a>. He received offers from Power Four programs like <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2026\/07\/15\/james-armstrong-penn-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Penn State<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/category\/bigten\/oregon-ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Oregon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2026\/07\/23\/pete-golding-remains-candid-at-2026-sec-media-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Mississippi<\/a> but ultimately opted to stay in state at TCU. An early-season injury prevented him from making much of an impact as a freshman with the Horned Frogs but his nine rushing touchdowns as a sophomore led the program.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking more of a workload, Cook entered the portal ahead of the 2025 season and landed with Jacksonville State as a three-star transfer. He surpassed his previous career high in carries by 179 while leading all of college football with 1,659 rushing yards and finishing sixth in rushing touchdowns with 16. Now he will take his talents to the Big 12 after transferring to West Virginia, looking to replicate his dominance on the Power Four stage.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Tools for Cam Cook<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Play strength paired with compact 5\u201910,&#8221; 202-pound frame gives him sneaky potential as a gap runner; ideal pad level that helps him finish runs with his pads in the defenders chest<\/li>\n<li>His short-area burst and agility will be among the best in the 2027 class; rarely loses quickness when working in and out of breaks or changing direction<\/li>\n<li>Makes defenders miss with ease at the second and third levels of the defense; quick cuts and elite change of direction forces defenders to overcommit and take poor tackling angles<\/li>\n<li>Potential is there to be a true three-down running back at the next level; reliable hands out of the backfield, explosiveness in and out on true receiver routes while holding his own in pass protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now at <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WVUfootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WVUfootball<\/a>, Cam Cook possesses an explosive lower-half that helps him create space as a runner.<\/p>\n<p>Not an overly big gain here but love his ability to shake defenders behind the line of scrimmage while maintaining quickness out of his breaks.<a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/2027NFLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#2027NFLDraft<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7kEVDEtDSR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7kEVDEtDSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Down Set Scout (@DownSetScout) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DownSetScout\/status\/2080674681154109900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Tools to Improve for Cam Cook<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Explosive initial burst but can struggle to finish off long runs; caught from behind far too often at the second level and when working at the line of scrimmage<\/li>\n<li>Seems to always look for the big play which can limit him or put him at risk for big negative plays at the line of scrimmage<\/li>\n<li>Feet move way quicker than his eyes which causes him to lose his footing more often than you would like; needs to slow the game down and be more consistent when pacing runs<\/li>\n<li>Inconsistent vision on gap runs; too many instances of running into clogged lanes or unblocked defenders when there is an open lane available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cam Cook Early Player Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Cook could really enhance his stock as a 2027 NFL Draft prospect. The Big 12 has some tough, physical defense that will give evaluators a better indicator of his overall speed, agility and toughness. He will lead a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/westvirginia\/football\/cam-cook-breaks-down-what-makes-latimer-and-boswell-so-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mountaineers backfield that currently has two freshmen behind him on the depth chart<\/a> to help shoulder the load. With another productive season, especially as a receiver, Cook could cement himself as one of the ten best running backs in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/profiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Courtesy of Jake Crandall &#8211; The Montgomery Advertiser via Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam Cook took the college football world by storm in 2025. He transferred from the TCU Horned Frogs to Jacksonville State in hopes of turning his efficiency into a higher workload. His 16 touchdowns and 295 attempts with the Gamecocks secured him Conference USA Player of the Year honours while his 1,659 rushing yards led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5437,"featured_media":293785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,33760],"tags":[35048,2030],"class_list":["post-293725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-profiles","tag-cam-cook","tag-nfl-draft-profiles"],"modified_by":"Drew VonScio","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293725"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293787,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293725\/revisions\/293787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}