Career: Part of four straight conference titles and a 4-0 bowl record during his four-year career as he played in 45 games and made 26 starts … Started the 2017 bowl shutout, missed the 2018 opener with an injury and then started 25 of the final 26 games of his career after arriving at App State as a preferred walk-on, with a nickel package in the 2019 regular-season finale causing him to come off the bench … Recorded 157 tackles, 18.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, two interceptions and one forced fumble while being part of teams that went 43-10 during his four seasons … All-Sun Belt honorable mention as a senior.
 
2019: All-Sun Belt honorable mention as an outside linebacker who started 13 times in 14 games and finished the season with 73 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, one interception and one forced fumble … Only non-start occurred in the regular-season finale, when App State opened in a nickel package … Interception and 10-yard return set up a short touchdown on Senior Day against Texas State … Forced fumble that fellow senior Desmond Franklin recovered in the second half of the Sun Belt Championship Game … Had at least five tackles in each of the first eight games, highlighted by eight stops apiece in back-to-back wins against Louisiana and ULM … Recorded 2.5 tackles for loss among his six total stops in the home win against Charlotte … Had a sack for a 7-yard loss at South Alabama.

2018: After being sidelined by an injury in the opener at Penn State, started the final 12 games at outside linebacker … Ranked fourth on the team with 75 tackles and led the Mountaineers with 11.5 tackles for loss … Also had 3.5 sacks, one interception, three QB hurries and one pass breakup … In his 12 games, App State’s defense was responsible for allowing 12.4 per game while holding 11 of those opponents under 20 points … In Cook’s first four games of the season, App State allowed no second-half points and held all four opponents to single-digit points overall … Cook contributed in the sack category in each of his first three games, posting one against Charlotte, half of one against Gardner-Webb and one against South Alabama … In the regular season win against Louisiana, had 13 tackles and one sack … Totaled seven tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss (with the one sack) at Charlotte … Goalline interception with a 14-0 lead at Texas State preceded a 95-yard scoring drive that gave the Mountaineers a three-touchdown lead, and finished that game with eight tackles.   

2017: Appeared in 10 games and made his first career start at outside linebacker against Toledo in the Dollar General Bowl … Had four tackles in the bowl game and finished the season with nine stops, including one for loss … Also contributed frequently on special teams.

2016: Made his first appearance as a Mountaineer against No. 25 Miami on Sep. 17 … Saw action in nine games at linebacker and predominantly on special teams, playing significantly on kick and punt coverage.

High School: Played outside linebacker at Reidsville … Named all-conference three straight seasons and earned conference defensive player of the year honors … Totaled a team-leading 122 tackles as a senior … Finished second on the team in tackles as a junior and a sophomore.

Personal: Full name is Noel Levon Cook Jr. … Born Jan. 28, 1998 … Son of Renee Cook.