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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Camden, South Carolina, U.S. | June 21, 1975||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Duncan U. Fletcher (Neptune Beach, Florida) | ||||||
College: | Florida State | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1997 | ||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Andre Damon Cooper (born June 21, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver. After a college career at Florida State University, he was signed as a free agent in 1997 by the National Football League (NFL)'s Seattle Seahawks. [1] He was later signed to the Denver Broncos developmental squad in 1998, before being active the entire 1999 season. [2]
Cooper attended Duncan U. Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida. While attending high school he was a member of the football and basketball teams. He was voted runner-up "Mr. Basketball" in the state of Florida as well as "Mr. Football" in class 5A. [3] He was a USA Today first-team All American.
Cooper attended Florida State University. He was a contributing member of the 1993 national championship team his freshman year. [4] Cooper was a First-team All Atlantic Coast Conference selection at Wide Receiver in 1995 and 1996. He was also named Most Valuable Player in the 1996 Orange Bowl, in which Florida State defeated the University of Notre Dame. [5] Cooper was inducted into the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame in 2014. His 15 touchdowns in 1995 is a FSU single season record. [3]
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