Tyler Cook

Tyler Cook was born on September 23, 1997 in St. Louis, Missouri. The son of Trent and Stephanie Cook, Tyler played high school basketball at Chaminade College Preparatory School alongside Celtics star Jayson Tatum. As senior, Cook helped lead Chaminade to a state championship, scoring 17 points in the title game. In 2015, Cook announced his commitment to the University of Iowa and coach Fran McCaffery. Cook was named to the 2018-19 All Big Ten second team as a junior. In addition, the forward garnered an All Big Ten honorable mention nod in his sophomore year (2017-18) and was placed on the 2016-17 Big Ten All-Freshman squad. He helped lead the Hawkeyes to the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. In his junior year, he was fourth in the Big Ten in two-point field goals (174) and two-point field goal attempts (335). The St. Louis, Missouri native was also sixth in field goal percentage (.510) and free throw attempts (202) in the conference. Along with two-point field goals, two-point field goal attempts and free throw attempts, Cook led Iowa in his junior year in points (478), points per game (14.5), rebounds (252), defensive rebounds (181), offensive rebounds (71) and field goals (174). Cook announced that he would enter the 2019 NBA Draft after his junior year at Iowa. He went undrafted and signed a contract with the Denver Nuggets during the summer of 2019.