![]() Cooper with the Dallas Cowboys in 2021 | |||||||
No. 2 – Cleveland Browns | |||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Miami, Florida, U.S. | June 17, 1994||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Miami Northwestern (Miami) | ||||||
College: | Alabama (2012–2014) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||
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Amari Cooper (born June 17, 1994) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, winning the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation's top receiver and earning unanimous All-American honors in 2014. Widely considered the top wide receiver prospect of the 2015 NFL draft, Cooper was selected with the fourth overall pick by the Oakland Raiders.
After successful rookie and sophomore seasons that included back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns and two Pro Bowl appearances, Cooper struggled in his third season with the Raiders, totaling just 680 yards. Midway through the 2018 season, he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys and his play began to flourish again, including a 217-yard performance, and as a result, was voted to the third Pro Bowl of his career. Cooper also had successive 1,000 yard seasons in 2019 and 2020, making the Pro Bowl in 2019. In 2022, Cooper was traded to the Browns. He had 1,000-yard seasons in 2022 and 2023, becoming the first wide receiver in team history with multiple 1,000-yard seasons.[1]