He first began playing basketball at the age of five and learned the game at the Blackshear Community Center.
[1] Cokley was recruited to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he earned regular minutes on a Blazers team that reached the NCAA Tournament as a No.
[2] Cokley posted 13.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore and was selected to the Second Team All-Conference USA.
[5] Cokley signed his first professional contract with the German team Rasta Vechta on July 30, 2018.
[12] In April 2021, Cokley signed with the Senegalese club AS Douanes to play in the 2021 BAL season.
[15] Cokley joined Herd That, a team composed primarily of Marshall alumni, in The Basketball Tournament 2020.