Honors
- CUSA Honor Roll: 2025
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll: 2021
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2025
Missouri State
2025:Â Played in 12 games (412 snaps) and made 5 starts in his first season at Missouri State ... Finished campaign with 20 catches for 260 yards with multiple receptions in 7 contests ... Had his best effort in home win over FIU (10/29/25) with 2 receptions for 52 yards, including a season-long 27-yard first down pass from Jacob Clark ... Had 3 receptions for 48 yards in home win over UTEP (11/15/25) ... Also notched 3 receptions in win at Marshall (9/6/25) and 3 catches for 26 yards in home opener vs. SMU (9/13/25) ... Finished season with multiple catches in 4 straight games, including 13 yards on a pair of catches in Xbox Bowl game vs. Arkansas State (12/18/25) ... Earned Conference USA Honor Roll accolades ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2025 semester.
Sacramento State
2024: Suffered a season-ending ankle injury after playing in the first two games... Did not record a catch during the season.
Utah
Attended Utah for three seasons (2021-23), where he appeared in 26 games ...
2023: Played in all 11 games on special teams and at wide receiver ...
2022: Recorded 7 receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown in 13 games as a junior in 2022 ... Started 3 games that season on a team which played in the Rose Bowl against No. 11 Penn State (1/2/23) ... Hauled in 3 receptions for 36 yards against UCLA (10/8/22) and had 3 catches for 34 yards and a touchdown against Colorado (11/26/22) ...
2021: Saw action against Weber State (9/2/21) and in the Rose Bowl against No. 6 Ohio State (1/1/22), earning him a redshirt season ... Earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll laurels.
High School
Was a standout receiver at Culver City (Calif.) High where he earned All-Ocean League first-team honors for coach Jamal Wright ... Had 46 receptions for 802 yards and 9 touchdowns for the Centaurs in 2021 ... Added 47 catches for 780 yards as a junior with 9 scores while leading Culver City to CIF Southern Section Div. VII title ... Was a three-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN.
Personal
Makai Anthony Cope was born 11/18/02 in Los Angeles ... Son of Anthony Cope and Matese Sharpless-Cope of Los Angeles ... Has a brother, Mazi, and a sister, Aniya ... Majoring in General Studies.
