[5] During high school, he handed out Survivor newsletters, wore a Survivor-style buff on his arm when the show was airing,[6] and chose his senior year quote as "The tribe has spoken.

Lusth subsequently gave Cochran the Immunity Idol he had found, making him promise to return it when he came back to the game.

[9] Soon afterward, all other former Savaii members were voted out in succession, with Lusth, Jim Rice, Dawn Meehan, and Whitney Duncan all being sent home.

After losing the Redemption Island duel to Lusth, Cochran came in eighth place, having lasted for 31 days; he became the fifth member of the nine-member jury.

Cochran once again aligned with a majority of his tribemates, under the alliance "Stealth R Us," named by the unofficial tribe leader Phillip Sheppard.

Even after the tribal swap in Episode Six, Cochran remained on the Bikal tribe, along with Sheppard, Meehan, fellow returning player Corinne Kaplan, and newcomers Julia Landauer, Matt Bischoff, and Michael Snow.

[13] When it came to jury presentations, Cochran received nearly unanimous praise for the way he played the game strategically without letting emotions interfere, and for always sticking to his promises.

[19] After Caramoan ended, Cochran was inducted into Xfinity's Survivor "Hall of Fame," as part of the class of 2013, alongside Kim Spradlin and Jonny Fairplay.

[20] Two years later, in the official issue of CBS Watch magazine commemorating the 15th anniversary of Survivor, Cochran was voted as the seventh greatest player of all time.

[23] Shortly after his second Survivor appearance, Probst put Cochran into contact with Greg Garcia, creator of and writer for The Millers.