Cooper Kupp was selected by the Rams in the third round (69th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft and signed a contract extension on July 9, 2022.
College: Kupp was a consensus FCS All-American for fourstraight seasons and earned First-Team All-America honors on all eight 2016 teams announced. He had a total of 30 All-America honors in four collegiate seasons (all First Team, including nine in 2013, six in 2014, seven in 2015 and eight in 2016). He earned 14 different national player of the year accolades and was a threetime Academic All-America selection. In 2016, Kupp became the first wide receiver and just the fourth player overall in the 54-year history of the Big Sky Conference to earn First-Team All-Big Sky honors four seasons. In 2015, Kupp became only the second wide receiver in 42 years to capture the Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP Award, then became one of only 10 repeat winners in league history in 2016. Kupp was also a two-time team co-captain, honored four times on the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team and was twice selected as an Academic All-Star by the FCS Athletic Director's Association. He was honored as Big Sky Conference Player of the Week six times in his career – four times on offense and twice on special teams. He established 15 FCS, 11 Big Sky and 26 EWU records in his illustrious 52-game Eastern career (all as a starter), and added a collegiate all-division mark. His 6,464 yards, 428 receptions, 73 touchdown catches, 124.3 average yards per game and 1.40 average touchdowns per game were all FCS records.
Personal: Attended Davis High School where he was a two-way All-State selection and earned First-Team 4A All-State honors as a defensive back and honorable mention accolades as a wide receiver from the Associated Press. Kupp finished his senior season with 60 receptions for 1,059 yards (17.7 per catch) and 18 touchdowns. He even scored 22 total touchdowns to set a school record. His parents are Craig and Karin Kupp, who were both inducted into the Pacific Lutheran University Hall of Fame in 2003. His father was a fifth-round draft pick by the New York Giants in 1990 and played in 1991 for the Phoenix Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys. His grandfather, Jake Kupp, was an offensive lineman for the University of Washington and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1964 NFL draft and played from 1964-75 with stints with the Washington Football Team, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. He was named to the NFL All-Rookie team and was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 1991. Cooper earned his bachelor's degree in economics. He and his wife, Anna, have one son.
Community Impact: Kupp has beed the Honorary Chair for the team's Annual Taste of the Rams event that raises funds to benefit the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank which provides nutritious meals to those experiencing food insecirity in Los Angeles County. Last year, Kupp also donated more than $30,000 worth of Nike product to support Inglewood Unified School District students and has participated in a five-week character development session with youth from Operation Progress. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kupp made a $21,000 donation to purchase 84,000 meals for food banks in the Yakima and Richland areas of Washington, the LA Regional Food Bank and Food Share Ventura County. In 2022, Kupp chose to represent The Call of Duty Endowment during the NFL's My Cause My Cleats Campaign. The COD Endowment identifies and funds the most efficient and effective organizations that get unemployed veterans back to work.
