Brandin Cooks
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| No. 10 New Orleans Saints | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 25, 1993 | ||||||||
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| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Oregon State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 215 |
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| Receiving yards: | 2,861 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 20 |
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Brandin Cooks (born September 25, 1993) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State, where he received All-American recognition.
Cooks attended in . As a sophomore, he recorded 29 receptions for 600 yards and seven touchdowns. As a junior he had 46 receptions for 783 yards and 10 touchdowns, while also collecting three interceptions on the defensive side. As a senior, he had 66 receptions for 1,125 yards and 11 touchdowns. Cooks was ranked by Rivals.com as the 26th best wide receiver and the 240th overall prospect in his class. He originally committed to play college football at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) but changed to Oregon State University. Cooks also played basketball and ran track in high school.
Cooks played at Oregon State from 2011 to 2013. As a true freshman in 2011, he played in all 12 games with three starts. He finished the season with 31 receptions for 391 yards and three touchdowns. He was also a kick returner averaging 22.4 yards a return. As a sophomore in 2012, he had 67 receptions for 1,151 yards and five touchdowns. The combination of Cooks and Markus Wheaton created one of the most dynamic receiving duos in college football and Oregon State history. The two players combined for 158 receptions, 2,395 yards and 16 touchdowns.
During his junior year in 2013, he had 128 receptions, 1,730 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. The receptions and receiving yards were Pac-12 records. He was held to under 100 yards only four times and exceeded 200 yards in a game twice. At the end of the season he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award and was a consensus All-American. He was the second Oregon State player to win the Biletnikoff Award, the first being Mike Hass in 2005.
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