Rafael Cooper (born January 8, 1975) is an American former football running back who played with the Erie Invaders of the Indoor Football League, Detroit Lions of the NFL, Memphis Maniax of the XFL, and the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe. He finished his professional football career by playing with the Myrtle Beach Stingrays of the National Indoor Football League in 2003. He played college football at Minnesota and Louisville.