Brandin Cooks
 Cooks in the Dress of the New Orleans Saints (2015) |
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| Houston Texans - No. | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: September 25, 1993 | |
| Place of birth: Stockton , California | |
| Height: 1.78 m | Weight: 86 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2014 for the New Orleans Saints | |
| Career | |
| College : Oregon State | |
| NFL Draft : 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20th | |
Teams:
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Pass catches | 402 |
| Yards in passing | 5,730 |
| Touchdowns | 36 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Brandin Cooks (* 25. September 1993 in Stockton , California ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the Houston Texans as a wide receiver .
college
If it was initially said that Cooks would compete for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he finally decided on Oregon State University . He played for their team, the Beavers, from 2011 to 2013, and was particularly successful in the last season. He was instrumental in winning the Hawaii Bowl and held the records in the Pacific-12 Conference that year for most passes (128), most yards caught (1730) and most touchdowns (16). For this he was awarded the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the best wide receiver in college football .
NFL
New Orleans Saints
Brandin Cooks was the Saints' first pick in the 2014 NFL Draft . As a rookie , he was able to meet the high expectations before he broke his thumb in the eleventh week and had to end the season prematurely due to injury.
In the 2015 season he gained over 1000 yards of space for the first time by catching passes and he was the most successful scorer of his team with 9 touchdowns . In 2016 he was able to improve again and achieve 1,173 yards.
New England Patriots
On March 10, 2017, there was a trade between the Saints and the New England Patriots : Cooks and a fourth-round pick for a first and third-round pick in the 2017 draft.
After the regular season 2017 , Cooks reached the play-offs with the Patriots , became champions of the AFC and moved into the Super Bowl ( LII ) for the first time .
Los Angeles Rams
On April 3, 2018, the Los Angeles Rams exchanged their first- and six- round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft for Cooks and a fourth-round pick from the Patriots. Cooks left the Patriots after only one season and was supposed to replace the departed wide receiver Sammy Watkins at the Rams .
Houston Texans
On April 9, 2020, the Rams agreed with the Houston Texans on a trade by Cooks and a four-round pick in 2022 against the Texans' second-round pick in the 2020 draft.
NFL statistics
| season | team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Punt returns | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PR | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Fum | Lost | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 7th | 53 | 550 | 10.4 | 50T | 3 | 7th | 73 | 10.4 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 15th | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 12 | 84 | 1,138 | 13.5 | 71T | 9 | 8th | 18th | 2.3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 12 | 78 | 1,173 | 15.0 | 98T | 8th | 6th | 30th | 5.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | 15th | 65 | 1,082 | 16.6 | 64T | 7th | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 16 | 80 | 1,204 | 15.1 | 57 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 17th | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14th | 14th | 42 | 583 | 13.9 | 57 | 2 | 6th | 52 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| total | 88 | 77 | 402 | 5,730 | 14.3 | 98 | 34 | 46 | 281 | 6.1 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 15th | 0 | 4th | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Source: NFL.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Web links
- ESPN player card (English)
- Player profile at the Los Angeles Rams (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Report from The Oregonian newspaper , accessed May 1, 2015
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from March 10, 2017, accessed on May 11, 2017
- ^ Alden Gonzalez: By trading for Brandin Cooks, Rams get missing piece on offense. ESPN , April 4, 2018, accessed on April 4, 2018 : “He sent his upcoming first-round pick, No. 23 overall, to the New England Patriots in exchange for the speedy Brandin Cooks, who will replace the departed Sammy Watkins as the new "X" receiver and highly coveted vertical threat. "
- ↑ Megan Armstrong: Report: Brandin Cooks, Future Pick Traded to Texans from Rams for 2nd-Round Pick on bleacherreport.com. April 10, 2020, accessed on April 10, 2020.
- ↑ NFL statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cooks, Brandin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockton , California , United States |