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FAMILY LEGACY: Youngest Witten emerges onto recruiting scene
Liberty Christian football finished the football season on top as the TAPPS Division II State champs under the direction of head coach and NFL legend Jason Witten.
Though the famed Dallas Cowboy tight end-turned-coach might steal a lot of the headlines, another Witten is starting to make a name of his own.
Cooper Witten, a 2027 Athlete, has had quite the offseason picking up offers from Baylor, Duke, Missouri, Oklahoma, TCU and UAB.
I caught up with Witten about his recruitment, his big freshman year and upcoming season
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Witten had a big freshman year on varsity for Liberty Christian as a key piece to the Warriors' defense finishing the year as a first-team, all-state selection.
“It was a great year going undefeated and winning State, and there were a lot of great memories made,” he said. “I’m looking forward to building off of last year and have a bigger impact on the field going both ways.”
After a big freshman fall, Witten burst onto the recruiting scene in June picking up his first offer from Oklahoma after attending a camp in Norman.
“It was amazing, I really enjoyed the whole camp and felt like I did pretty well,” Witten said. “Getting to know the coaches and getting rewarded with an offer was just a blessing.”
Football is a family affair for the Witten family. Cooper, the youngest of the bunch, gets to do something very few players get to do, play with his older brother CJ while being coached by his Dad, Jason.
“It’s a great experience to go to practice every day and come back and talk ball when we get home,” he said. “CJ and I got to watch him play growing up in the pros. Seeing how hard you have to work to get to that point was a big lesson. Having him coach me is also a big blessing.”
Now with camp season over, the young prospect is focused on his upcoming sophomore year.
“I’m really looking forward to go back-to-back as State champs which is rare to do in your first two years of high school football,” he said.
Cooper Witten is a star in the making at Liberty Christian, and looks to write his own chapter in the Witten football storybook.
PREVIEW: Continuing strong with Argyle Liberty Christian
Under the leadership of former Dallas Cowboys athlete Jason Witten, Argyle Liberty Christian is in the top 10 of the VYPE DFW Private School Preseason Football Rankings. After posting one of their better years in recent seasons last year, the team is looking toward another strong fall with the goal of making a deeper playoff run.
REWIND
Using the last few falls to regroup and pick up the pieces, the Warriors came into last season pumped up and ready to showcase their ability on the field. The team opened up their season with a big 28-7 victory over Prestonwood Christian Academy- a team that eventually made it to state, but lost to Parish Episcopal- before posting a hard-fought loss against Episcopal School of Dallas. Picking up from the loss, the team closed out the rest of their non-district schedule with victories over Lubbock's Trinity Chrisitan (35-25), Grapevine Faith (50-13), Bishop Lynch (43-14), and Frisco's Legacy Christian (38-0) before entering regular season play.
Through their regular season, the Warriors defeated Fort Worth Christian (44-34), Midland Christian (24-14), Southwest Christian School (18-6), and more to finish at the top of their district standings with an undefeated district record. In playoffs, Liberty Christian posted a 50-6 victory over Flower Mound's Coram Deo Academy before losing to Fort Worth All Saint's Episcopal School.
LOOKING AHEAD
This season, the team is ready to give it all they've got to go even further. Continuing to build onto their legacy, athletes like Michael Stump, CJ Witten, Ryan Cain, Chase Garnett, Xavier Lowery, Murphy Ren, Aidan Grummer, Brady Janusek, Cole Welliver, Brandon Jarrard, Blake Werner, and more are prepared to make big plays against all of their opponents this season.
As the team opens their schedule on Friday, August 25th against Prestonwood at home, fans can expect a fast team ready to score early and often. With the ability to work through their non-district schedule, the team should enter district play hopeful in October against Fort Worth Christian.