
Receiver, Alabama, 2012–14
Amari Cooper
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Born
- Jun 17, 1994, in Miami, Florida
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Amari Cooper played receiver at Alabama (2012–14). He led the 2012 national champions in receiving. He won the 2014 Biletnikoff Award. He finished third in the 2014 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2014. The Oakland Raiders took Cooper in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13catches, career hightwice; last vs. Auburn, 2014224receiving yards, career hightwice; last vs. Auburn, 20143receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Auburn, 2014Honors
- 2012Led the national champions in receiving
- 2014Biletnikoff Award
- 2014Paul Warfield Trophy
- 2014Consensus All‑American
- 2014SEC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2014First-team All-SEC
- 2014National leader in receptions (124)
- 2014Third in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 2012; SEC champions, 2012 and 2014
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Alabama | 43 | 0.91 | 67th (n=341) | 0.81 | 39.0 | 7% |
| 2014 | Alabama | 175 | 0.77 | 84th (n=496) | 0.52 | 134.6 | 17% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2014 Alabama 14 games, 124 catches, 1,727 yards, 16 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 33–23 | 12 | 130 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 41–0 | 13 | 189 | 1 | 52 | 20 |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 52–12 | 8 | 135 | 1 | 27 | 9 |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 42–21 | 10 | 201 | 3 | 79 | – |
| Oct 4 | at | L 17–23 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Oct 11 | at | W 14–13 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | −6 |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 59–0 | 8 | 140 | 2 | 45 | – |
| Oct 25 | at | W 34–20 | 9 | 224 | 2 | 80 | −9 |
| Nov 8 | at | W 20–13 | 8 | 83 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 25–20 | 8 | 88 | 1 | 50 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 48–14 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 55–44 | 13 | 224 | 3 | 75 | – |
| Dec 6 | vs. | W 42–13 | 12 | 83 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 35–42 | 9 | 71 | 2 | 15 | – |
2013 Alabama 11 games, 45 catches, 736 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 35–10 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 14 | at | W 49–42 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 25–0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 12 | at | W 48–7 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 42 | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 52–0 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 30 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 45–10 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 54 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 38–17 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Nov 16 | at | W 20–7 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 49–0 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 38 | – |
| Nov 30 | at | L 28–34 | 6 | 178 | 1 | 99 | 28 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 31–45 | 9 | 121 | 0 | 53 | – |
2012 Alabama 13 games, 59 catches, 1,000 yards, 11 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 41–14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 35–0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Sep 15 | at | W 52–0 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 40–7 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 33–14 | 8 | 84 | 2 | 16 | – |
| Oct 13 | at | W 42–10 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 20 | at | W 44–13 | 7 | 162 | 2 | 54 | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. | W 38–7 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Nov 10 | vs. | L 24–29 | 6 | 136 | 1 | 54 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 49–0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 36 | – |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 49–0 | 5 | 109 | 2 | 37 | – |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 32–28 | 8 | 128 | 1 | 45 | – |
| Jan 7 ✦ | vs. | W 42–14 | 6 | 105 | 2 | 34 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ | |
| Weight | 211 lb | |
| Arm length | 31½″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| Wingspan | 76¼″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.42 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.71 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 3.98 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 153 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
Pro Bowls: 5 (2015–16, 2018–19, 2023)
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 72 | 1,070 | 6 |
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 83 | 1,153 | 5 |
| 2017 | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 48 | 680 | 7 |
| 2018 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 75 | 1,005 | 7 |
| 2019 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 79 | 1,189 | 8 |
| 2020 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 92 | 1,114 | 5 |
| 2021 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 68 | 865 | 8 |
| 2022 | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 78 | 1,160 | 9 |
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 72 | 1,250 | 5 |
| 2024 | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 44 | 547 | 4 |
| NFL career | 153 | 711 | 10,033 | 64 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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