Amari Cooper with the Dallas Cowboys, 2019
With the Dallas Cowboys, 2019. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
1,727
Receiving yards, 2014 (Alabama, 12–⁠2)
Best game
224 yards
Vs. Auburn, week 14, 2014: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in receptions, 2014
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

Career highs

13catches, career hightwice; last vs. Auburn, 2014224receiving yards, career hightwice; last vs. Auburn, 20143receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Auburn, 2014

Honors

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

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Alabama591,00016.91154
2013Alabama4573616.4499
2014Alabama1241,72713.91680
Career2283,46315.23199

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Alabama9WR
2013Alabama9WR
2014Alabama9WR6′1″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Alabama430.9167th (n=341)0.8139.07%
2014Alabama1750.7784th (n=496)0.52134.617%

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
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.West VirginiaW 33–⁠2312130024–
Sep 6vs.Florida AtlanticW 41–⁠01318915220
Sep 13vs.Southern MissW 52–⁠1281351279
Sep 20vs.FloridaW 42–⁠2110201379–
Oct 4atOle MissL 17–⁠23991030–
Oct 11atArkansasW 14–⁠13222012−6
Oct 18vs.Texas A&MW 59–⁠08140245–
Oct 25atTennesseeW 34–⁠209224280−9
Nov 8atLSUW 20–⁠13883123–
Nov 15vs.Mississippi StateW 25–⁠20888150–
Nov 22vs.Western CarolinaW 48–⁠14346027–
Nov 29vs.AuburnW 55–⁠4413224375–
Dec 6vs.MissouriW 42–⁠1312830179
Jan 1 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 35–⁠42971215–
2013 Alabama 11 games, 45 catches, 736 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Virginia TechW 35–⁠10438018–
Sep 14atTexas A&MW 49–⁠42234021–
Sep 28vs.Ole MissW 25–⁠0328012–
Oct 12atKentuckyW 48–⁠7364042–
Oct 19vs.ArkansasW 52–⁠0365130–
Oct 26vs.TennesseeW 45–⁠10575154–
Nov 9vs.LSUW 38–⁠17346021–
Nov 16atMississippi StateW 20–⁠7445019–
Nov 23vs.ChattanoogaW 49–⁠0342138–
Nov 30atAuburnL 28–⁠34617819928
Jan 2 ✦vs.OklahomaL 31–⁠459121053–
2012 Alabama 13 games, 59 catches, 1,000 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.MichiganW 41–⁠14115015–
Sep 8vs.Western KentuckyW 35–⁠021207–
Sep 15atArkansasW 52–⁠0246126–
Sep 22vs.Florida AtlanticW 40–⁠7465023–
Sep 29vs.Ole MissW 33–⁠14884216–
Oct 13atMissouriW 42–⁠10441027–
Oct 20atTennesseeW 44–⁠137162254–
Oct 27vs.Mississippi StateW 38–⁠7447025–
Nov 10vs.Texas A&ML 24–⁠296136154–
Nov 17vs.Western CarolinaW 49–⁠0250036–
Nov 24vs.AuburnW 49–⁠05109237–
Dec 1vs.GeorgiaW 32–⁠288128145–
Jan 7 ✦vs.Notre DameW 42–⁠146105234–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′0⅞″
Weight211 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size10″
Wingspan76¼″W
40-yard dash4.42 s
10-yard split1.61 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump10′0″
3-cone drill6.71 s
20-yard shuttle3.98 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)

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Oakland Raiders16721,0706
2016Oakland Raiders16831,1535
2017Oakland Raiders14486807
2018Dallas Cowboys15751,0057
2019Dallas Cowboys16791,1898
2020Dallas Cowboys16921,1145
2021Dallas Cowboys15688658
2022Cleveland Browns17781,1609
2023Cleveland Browns15721,2505
2024Buffalo Bills13445474
NFL career15371110,03364

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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