1. Xavier Cooper was born on November 30,1991 and is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League.
23 Facts About Xavier Cooper
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Xavier Cooper played college football for the Washington State Cougars, and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2015 NFL draft.
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Xavier Cooper's father works for the Port of Tacoma, and was a former NAIA football All-American at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.
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Xavier Cooper's mother is a social worker, and he has a sister, Keysha.
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Xavier Cooper was an athletic child, working out and playing sports at the local YMCA.
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Xavier Cooper's reading comprehension was minimal, and he learned best through kinesthetic learning.
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Xavier Cooper did not begin playing football until the ninth grade.
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Xavier Cooper played both basketball and football in high school, but excelled in football.
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Xavier Cooper began taking three special education classes in his freshman year.
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Xavier Cooper did poorly on his ACT and SAT college admission exams.
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Xavier Cooper subsequently enrolled at Tacoma Community College, which delayed his entry at WSU from September 2010 to January 2011.
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Xavier Cooper was angry that he had to sit out his 2010 season, but became reconciled to it.
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Xavier Cooper was redshirted at Washington State, attending classes, practicing with the football team, and dressing for play but not competing in games.
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Xavier Cooper was strongly mentored by Heather Erwin, an academic advisor at WSU who worked extensively with Cooper to ensure that he went to classes, studied hard, discussed assignments with professors, asked for extra credit, and engaged in study habits that met his particular kinesthetic learning needs.
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Xavier Cooper made 13.5 tackles, and led Washington State in tackles-for-a-loss.
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Xavier Cooper started all 12 games, made 37 tackles, and had five sacks.
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Xavier Cooper totalled 121 career tackles, 31.5 of them for loss and 13 career sacks.
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Xavier Cooper forced three fumbles in three years, recovering two of them and returning one for a touchdown.
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Xavier Cooper was the first WSU defensive lineman to be drafted in the NFL since Rien Long in 2003, and was the highest-drafted WSU defensive lineman since Dorian Boose in 1998.
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On May 11,2015, Xavier Cooper signed a four-year contract worth $2.96 million.
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On September 3,2017, Xavier Cooper was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco 49ers.
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Xavier Cooper was released by the 49ers on October 24,2017.
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On October 31,2017, Xavier Cooper signed with the New York Jets.