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2025 Football Roster

19 Ricky Cook

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 170
  • Year Junior
  • Position DB
  • Hometown Glen Head, N.Y.
  • High School North Shore
  • Major Neuroscience

Biography

2024:

* Appeared in 1 game as a sophomore
* Made his collegiate debut with 1 tackle in the 23-3 win over Beloit on October 5

2023:

* Did not appear in a game as a freshman
* Provided depth at defensive back for the Maroons

At UChicago:

* Minoring in Health & Society
* Phi Camma Delta (FIJI)
* Healthcare Explores Career Advancement
* Neuroscience Journal Club
* Co-President of Hero’s of Hyde Park
* Student Research Society
* Multiple Sclerosis Journal Club
* Order of the C
* Maroons of Character
* Hopes 4 Foundations
* Odyssey Scholar
* Phi Gamma Delta Bay Family Scholarship Award
* Metcalf Research Fellowship Award
* Odyssey Research Award.

High School:

* Varsity letter award winner in football, wrestling, and baseball
* Team Captain in 2022
* Nassau County Champions in 2022
* Long Island Champions in 2021
* Long Island Top 10 Public School Defensive Backs
* 5-time NYSPHSAA Varsity Scholar-Athlete Award
* National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award Winner in 2022
* Coaches Award Winner
* Recorded 104 total tackles, 17 pass breakups, 2 forced fumbles, and 3 fumble recoveries
* Allowed just five catches in 2024
* Held opponent without a catch in seven games in 2024
* Top 10% of Class
* High Honor Roll All Semesters
* National Honor Society
* World Language Honor Society
* Science Honor Society
* Math Honor Society
* Senator Anna M. Kaplan Trailblazer Award in 2022
* Community Service Merit Award in 2021
* Red Ribbon Week Ist Place Winner in 2021
* 2-time Italian Student Of The Month
* Student Athlete Leadership Committee
* Graduated With Mastery in Mathematics & Science
* NY State Seal of Biliteracy in Italian
* NY State Seal of Civic Readiness
* American Legion Auxiliary Unit 336 Scholarship Award
* The Angelo D'Avino Memorial Scholarship Award
* North Shore Women's Club Scholarship Award.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2023Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 170 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2024Sophomore

    DB
    5'10" 170 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2025Junior

    DB
    5'10" 170 lbs
    19