SENIOR (2016): Appeared in all 12 games with four starts … recorded 33 tackles, two pass breakups and one forced fumble … registered season-high seven tackles in 31-24 win at Gardner-Webb … opened season with two solo stops in 24-23 win at Wofford … made four tackles in 19-14 win vs. Furman … recorded three tackles and one pass breakup in 37-14 victory at Western Carolina … repeated same stat line five days later in 38-14 win at North Greenville … had three tackles again next week in 22-14 victory vs. No. 5 Chattanooga … made one solo stop in 24-21 victory at Wofford … had one tackle in 45-10 win vs. ETSU … made two tackles in 37-34 victory vs. No. 20 Samford … recorded five tackles and one forced fumble in 30-20 win at VMI … made one solo stop at North Carolina … had one tackle in second round of FCS Playoffs vs. No. 19 Wofford
JUNIOR (2015): Appeared in all 13 games with 10 starts … recorded 66 tackles, including 4.5 for loss with 1.0 sack, three interceptions, one pass breakup and one forced fumble … interception total tied for 3rd in Southern Conference … recorded career-high nine tackles and one forced fumble at Georgia Southern … made six tackles, 0.5 for loss, one interception and one pass breakup in season-opening 69-0 win vs. Davidson … had eight tackles in 28-10 win vs. Western Carolina … made seven tackles and one interception vs. Charleston Southern … registered five tackles, 1.0 for loss with 1.0 sack, and one interception in 39-12 win vs. Wofford … had four tackles, 1.0 for loss, in 44-25 win at Samford and next week in 38-17 win at Furman … made five tackles in 21-19 win vs. Mercer … recorded six tackles, 1.0 for loss, in 35-14 win vs. VMI … made one stop at No. 9 Chattanooga … registered three solo tackles in 23-22 win at South Carolina … made six tackles in 41-38 win at Coastal Carolina in first round of NCAA FCS Playoffs … had two solo stops at Charleston Southern in second round of NCAA FCS Playoffs.
SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in 10 games … made six tackles … had season-high two tackles at Western Carolina … recorded one tackle in each of season’s final four games.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2013): Saw action in all 12 games as a special teams player ... recorded 13 tackles ... made three tackles against Clemson ... had two-tackle performances against Old Dominion, Georgia Southern and Samford.
FRESHMAN (2013): Worked with the Bulldogs' scout team while redshirting.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Colquitt County High School ... lettered two times in football and track and field ... intercepted two passes and returned them both for touchdowns and forced a fumble his senior season ... member of team which was the 2010 state runners-up and reached the state championship game the following season.
PERSONAL: Son of Charles and Michelle Copeland ... majoring in criminal justice.
