Case Cookus
Cookus with the Edmonton Elks in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 – Birmingham Stallions | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Born: | October 6, 1995 Thousand Oaks, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||
| High school: | Thousand Oaks (CA) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Northern Arizona (2015–2019) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2020: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career spring football statistics as of Week 6, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Case Cookus (born October 6, 1995), nicknamed "the Chef", is an American professional football quarterback for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). As a true freshman at Northern Arizona University, he was named the recipient of the 2015 Jerry Rice Award and the STATS FCS Freshman Player of the Year Award, both of which are awarded to the most outstanding freshman player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. He holds the record for most combined passing and rushing touchdowns in a USFL game with five, which he accomplished in a game against the Michigan Panthers on June 5, 2022.