Las Vegas (UNLVRebels.com) – Former UNLV football star and current assistant athletic director Hunkie Cooper was honored by Athlon Sports as one of the nation's top player development leaders.
 
The former longtime professional player and coach, who was inducted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024, came in at No. 11 on the Top 25 list "recognizing leaders who invest in the total growth of student-athletes." He was one of only two on the list from a Group of Six program.
 
A 2019 inductee into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, Cooper returned to his alma mater in 2023 and currently holds the title of Assistant AD for Football Player Development & Community Engagement.