Cooper Kupp

Cooper Douglas Kupp (born June 15, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL).

Kupp was the first freshman wide receiver to be named as a first-team All-American since Randy Moss in 1996.

Kupp also won the Walter Payton Award, becoming the third Eastern Washington player to win the award and only the second wide receiver to win, after Brian Finneran of Villanova in 1997.

Kupp attended and graduated from Davis High School in Yakima in 2012 where he was a two-sport athlete in football and basketball for the Pirates athletic teams.

A two-way All-State selection, he earned first-team 4A All-State honors as a defensive back and honorable mention accolades as a wide receiver from the Associated Press, as selected by sportswriters and broadcasters.

Kupp was also named by the Seattle Times as a "White Chip" selection, as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington.

Kupp was a unanimous first-team All-Columbia Basin Big Nine League wide receiver and defensive back at Davis.

He finished his senior season with 60 receptions for 1,059 yards (17.7 per catch) and 18 touchdowns and scored 22 total touchdowns to set a school record.

Kupp also had 11 rushes for 122 yards and two touchdowns as he helped Davis come one game away from a berth in the Washington State 4A Playoffs.

Kupp finished his prep career without a single college football scholarship offer despite recording 110 catches for 2,100 yards.

Three weeks after the final game of his senior season, he received his first scholarship offer to play for Eastern Washington, followed shortly thereafter by an offer from Idaho State.

Kupp was also a three-year letter-winner in basketball.

He led Davis to a 23–2 record and won the State 4A Tournament championship during his senior year for the Pirates.

Kupp attended Eastern Washington University, where he signed to play for coach Beau Baldwin's Eastern Washington Eagles football team in 2012 and redshirted that year.

Kupp would eventually be named Eastern's Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year.

Kupp is the second straight Eagles wide receiver to win the award, following Brandon Kaufman, who won the 2012 award.

Kupp finished his sophomore season with 104 catches for 1,431 yards and 16 touchdowns in 13 games.

He was named a First-team All-American by the AFCA, AP, and TSN for the second consecutive season.

He was also named to the first-team All-Big Sky for the second straight year as a wide receiver while also earning third-team honors as punt returner.

In 2013, Kupp entered his redshirt freshman year as a starter at wide receiver.

He finished the season having set numerous single-season school and national receiving records at the Football Championship Subdivision Level.

Kupp has set national freshman records for receiving yards (1,691), total touchdown catches (21), consecutive games with a touchdown catch (14), and receptions (93).

On November 26, 2013, Kupp was named to the All-Big Sky Conference First-team as a unanimous selection and was also the recipient of the conference's first-ever Freshman of the Year Award.

On December 16, 2013, Kupp was named the recipient of the 2013 Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman player in the FCS.

Kupp is the first Eastern Washington player and the first player from the Big Sky Conference to receive the award.

Kupp was named a consensus first-team All-American, having been honored by the four major selectors at the FCS level, consisting of the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, The Sports Network and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

On January 9, 2014, Kupp was honored by the College Football Performance Awards with the 2013 FCS Wide Receiver Award.

Kupp finished 18th in the 2014 Walter Payton Award voting.

In the 2015 season, Kupp finished the season with 114 catches for 1,642 yards and 19 touchdowns in 11 games.

He broke the Big Sky single-season record for catches with 114, a total that ranks ninth most all-time in FCS single-season history.

Kupp was named a first-team All-Big Sky wide receiver for the third-straight year and was also named the league's Offensive Most Valuable Player.

He was just the second wide receiver to be named Big Sky Offensive MVP in the last 42 years.

He played college football at Eastern Washington, where he won the Walter Payton Award as a junior, and was selected by the Rams in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Kupp had a breakout season in 2021 when he became the fourth player since the AFL-NFL Merger to lead the league in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.

Kupp received the Offensive Player of the Year Award and was the MVP of Super Bowl LVI; Jerry Rice is the only other wide receiver to accomplish those feats in a career.

Kupp is the NCAA Division I Football Championship career leader in receptions, yards, and receiving touchdowns.

He also holds the NFL record for most receiving yards in a combined season and postseason, posting 2,425 yards in the 2021 season.

Kupp was born in Yakima, Washington.

He is the grandson of Jake Kupp, an NFL offensive lineman, and the son of Craig Kupp, an NFL quarterback.

His family is one of only five in NFL history to have three generations selected in the NFL Draft.