Phil Cofer Junior/6-8/205 Forward Atlanta, Georgia Whitewater High School (Mark Fisher) Florida State University (Leonard Hamilton)
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PHIL COFER JUNIOR/6-8/205 FORWARD ATLANTA, GEORGIA WHITEWATER HIGH SCHOOL (MARK FISHER) FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (LEONARD HAMILTON) Phil Cofer’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2014-15 33-24 78-171 .456 6-15 .400 67-106 .632 229-6.9 51 98 149-4.5 57-1 6 34 20 9 737-22.3 2015-16 11-3 23-23 .565 0-1 .000 16-19 .842 42-3.8 5 17 22-2-0 9-0 2 7 3 4 132-12.0 Totals 44-27 101-194 .521 7-16 .438 83-125 .664 271-6.2 56 115 171-3.9 66-1 8 41 23 13 869-19.8 Phil Cofer’s Conference Statistics Year G-GS FG-A PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. PTS.-AVG. OR DR TR-AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2014-15 18-17 41-104 .394 4-8 .500 32-52 .615 118-6.6 26 51 77-4.3 36-1 3 19 10 4 405-22.5 2015-16 DNP-INJ Totals 18-17 41-104 .394 4-8 .500 32-52 .615 118-6.6 26 51 77-4.3 36-1 3 19 10 4 405-22.5 ON COFER: The return of a healthy Phil Cofer may be the biggest addition to the Seminoles’ roster for the 2016-17 season…returns healthy after playing in only 11 of 34 games as a sophomore and is expected to be granted a medical redshirt for the 2014-15 season because of ankle surgery on Jan. 4, 2016…played in the Seminoles’ first 11 games of the season and did not play after the Christmas break…his energy, athleticism and strength will give the Seminoles’ frontcourt the type of skilled player they lacked during the 2015-16 season…he was a virtual highlight reel during his freshman season who exhibited an incredible array of high-flying dunks, blocked shots and rebounds that made the nation stand up and take notice of the ultra-talented forward…if his play during his first season in Tallahassee is an indicator of future stardom, he will shine as brightly as any other player in the ACC and nationally during the remainder of his career as a Seminole…is one of Florida State’s hardest working players who is a very high character person in addition to being a talented basketball player… an athletic power forward who displayed the ability to attack the glass on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court during his entire freshman season…ranked second on the team in rebounding with a 4.5 rebounds per game average as a freshman…has the ability to play above the rim on both ends of the court…his quickness allows him to out-maneuver players who might be taller than he is…runs the floor well and finishes around defenders…can score with his extremely quick first step and has the ability to start a primary break after working hard to earn a defensive rebound…earned the No. 1 Play of the Day on ESPN with his monstrous, seen and heard around the college basketball world dunk over ACC Player of the Year and No. 1 overall NBA Draft Choice Jahlil Okafor of Duke on February 9, 2015 as the Seminoles played host the No. 5 ranked Blue Devils in Tallahassee… Said ESPN’s Shane Battier: “This might be a SportsCenter Top 10 – Phil Cofer sending it in with authority over the big fella. This was a fantastic baseline attack by Cofer. One way to attack a shot blocker is to go right through his chest and that’s what he (Cofer) did right there. Very impressive, athletic play by Phil Cofer.”…a four-star recruit and the No. 56 overall high school basketball prospect in the nation in 2014 according to ESPN…the No. 8 overall ranked prospect in the talent-laden state of Georgia by the Phenom Hoop Report as a high school senior…the No. 6 ranked prospect in the class of 2014 by Georgia Hoops…one of five players from the state of Georgia who was nominated to play in the McDonald’s High School All-American game in 2014…a talented member of the Atlanta-based Team Georgia Elite coached by Al Outlaw…presented with the Mr. Hustle Award by the Florida State coaching staff at the Seminoles’ 2015 season-ending honors banquet… AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Averaged 3.8 points, 2.0 rebounds 0.4 steals and 0.3 blocked shots while shooting .565 from the field in limited playing time because of an ankle injury…played in Florida State’s first 11 games of the season (all before the Christmas Holiday break) and is expected to be granted a medical redshirt season giving him three more years to play as a Seminole…was a starter in Florida State’s first three games of the season (in victories against Nicholls State and Jacksonville and against Hofstra) and was a top reserve in his final eight games of the season…following the Seminoles’ victory over Charleston Southern on Dec. 21 he, along with Florida State’s coaching staff, decided to have surgery on a bothersome ankle and put an end to his season…he underwent surgery on Jan. 4, 2016 and did not play in any of the Seminoles’ remaining games…scored his season high of nine points in Florida State’s season-opening victory over Nicholls State (Nov. 15) and in the Seminoles’ victory at home against Southeastern Louisiana (Dec. 13)…scored at least two points in nine of the 11 games in which he played…averaged 4.3 points and 3.3 rebounds as a starter and 3.2 points and 1.3 rebounds as one of the Seminoles’ first players off of the bench…scored six points in Florida State’s win over DePaul as he was a perfect three-of-three from the field in the Seminoles’ victory in the second round of the Paradise Jam (Nov. 21)…pulled down five rebounds against Nicholls State and against Hofstra in the first round of the Paradise Jam at the University of the Virgin Islands (Nov. 20)…totaled at least one rebound in 10 of the 11 games in which he earned playing time…earned 25 minutes of playing time in the Seminoles’ 109-62 win over Nicholls State and played in double figure minutes in seven of his 11 appearances…shot the ball well against Nicholls State as he made three of four shots from the field (.750 percent) and three of four shots from the free throw line (.750)…his nine-point performance against Southeastern Louisiana included two of three shots (.667 percent) made from the field and five of shots (.833 percent) made from the free throw line…shot .842 from the free throw line as he was perfect in victories over Jacksonville (two-of-two, 1.000 percent), VCU (two-of-two, 1.000 percent) and Mississippi State (two of two, 1.000 percent)…averaged 3.3 points in those three games with four points against Jacksonville, four against VCU and two against Mississippi State…was 16 of 19 from the free throw line in limited playing time as he worked tremendously hard to improve his stroke from the free throw line…shot .842 from the free throw line in limited playing time as compared to .632 from the free throw line during 34 games as a freshman – an improvement of improvement of 21 percentage points…(In three games during the Paradise Jam): Averaged 2.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.3 rebounds in three games against Hofstra of the Colonial Athletic Association, DePaul of the Big East and Ohio of the Mid-American Conference during the Paradise Jam…averaged 10.0 minutes per game and shot .750 percent from the field (three-of-four) as Florida State finished in fourth place in the event with a 2-1 record…earned one assist, one blocked shot and one steal in the three-game series…(vs. Hofstra): Scored zero points but pulled down five rebounds and earned one steal in Florida State’s opening round game of the Paradise Jam at the University of the Virgin Islands…a starter who earned 12 minutes of playing time as Hofstra rallied to take an 82-77 victory (Nov. 20)…his five rebounds were tied for the team-high with Malik Beasley as the Seminoles led by six in the first half but trailed by a 41-35 margin at the intermission…Florida State fell despite outscoring the Pride by a 42-41 margin in the second half…(vs. DePaul): Scored six points and pulled down one rebound in 14 minutes of playing time as the Seminoles defeated DePaul, 83-67, in the second round of the Paradise Jam (Nov. 21)…was a perfect three-of-three from the field as Florida State shot .529 from the field for the game…totaled two first half points on a jumper at the 5:42 mark to give Florida State a 27-17 lead...the Seminoles led by a 43-26 margin at halftime…at dunk at the 5:08 mark of the second half gave the Seminoles a 72-50 lead and a lay-up 0:42 mark closed out the Seminoles’ scoring and made the score 83-65…(vs. Ohio): Totaled zero points and one rebound in four minutes of playing time as Florida State closed out the Paradise Jam with a 90-81 victory over Ohio in the fourth-place game of the event (Nov.