2023 Men's Soccer Roster

20 Jeffrey “JT” Copper

  • Position Winger
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 150
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • Prev School Clearwater Chargers
  • High School Berkley Prep
  • Twitter Copperjt
  • Instagram Copperjt

Biography

  • Top 100 Freshmen by TopDrawerSoccer.com (2020)
  • AAC Co-Player of the Week (March 1, 2021)
2023: Played in nine games with six starts…had one goal in 3-2 win at Stetson (Oct. 17)...played for a total of 528 minutes with a season-high of 78 minutes against UAB (Oct. 21).

2022: Saw action in 18 games, while starting 10...lone goal of the season came in 2-2 tie at UAB (10/5)...logged 869 total minutes.

2021: Appeared in fourteen games, including twelve starts... logged 1056 minutes on the year, including four games of at least 90 minutes...recorded 1 goal against Stetson (9/10)...selected to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll (10/11)...amassed 1 goal and 1 assist at UCF in a 4-3 Bulls win (10/27).

2020: Played in nine games for USF, earning the start in each one, and playing 410 minutes on the year … Was named the American Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week (March 1), and was tabbed one of the top 100 freshmen in America by TopDrawerSoccer.com … Was tied for third on the team in points with four on two goals scored … Finished eighth on the team in shots with five, with three coming on goal … Scored his first career goal at Temple (Feb. 27) in a 2-1 win over the Owls, leading to his conference honor, and followed that up two matches later with a goal at Memphis (March 13) in a 3-1 win.   

Before USF: Copper, a winger, attended Berkeley Prep in Tampa, where he played one year of scholastic soccer for the Buccaneers, and in that one season was named the 2017 Hillsborough County Player of the Year by the Tampa Bay Times … Helped Berkeley Prep win a district title and reach the Class 2A state championship game, while finishing the season with a team-leading 23 goals and 15 assists … His biggest goal came in a 1-0 win over Miami LaSalle in the state semifinals … Copper played his club soccer with the Clearwater Chargers Development Academy … He was named to the U.S. Development Academy Eastern Conference Best XI and earned the 2017 Golden Ball Award at the U.S. Youth Soccer Nationals … He also helped guide the Chargers to the three U.S. Youth Soccer Florida State Championships in four years (2014, 2015, 2017) and to the U.S. Youth Soccer Region 3 title and National Championship in 2018 … For his efforts, Copper was called up to U.S. Soccer U18 National Team camp in June 2018.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020Freshman

    Winger
    5'10" 150 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2021Freshman

    Winger
    5'10" 150 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2022Sophomore

    Winger
    5'10" 150 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2023Junior

    Winger
    5'10" 150 lbs
    20