Fahn Cooper
| No. 60 San Francisco 49ers | |||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth: | April 30, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth: | Crystal Lake, Illinois | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Weight: | 306 lb (139 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | Crystal Lake South (IL) Crystal Lake | ||
| College: | Ole Miss | ||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 5 / Pick: 174 | ||
| Career history | |||
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||
| Career NFL statistics | |||
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Fahn Cooper (born April 30, 1993) is an American football offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He attended the University of Mississippi.[1]
College career
Bowling Green University
Cooper began attending Bowling Green University in 2011 and sat out his first year as a true redshirt freshman. He played in all 13 regular season games for the Falcon's and started at left tackle.[1]
College of DuPage
Seeking a better University, Cooper transferred out of Bowling Green and attended junior college, College of DuPage in 2013. He started all 13 games for head coach Matt Foster. After a stellar season, he was rated by ESPN.com as the #5 junior college offensive tackle in the nation and the #18 overall junior college prospect in the nation. 247spprts.com and ESPN.com also had him rated as a four-star prospect.[1]
University of Mississippi
As a highly touted junior college prospect, Cooper chose to attend the University of Mississippi and play under head coach Hugh Freeze. He was the Rebel's starting right tackle going into the season and was able to start all 13 regular season game, including two at left tackle. He made his debut on August 28, 2014, helping Ole Miss secure a 35-13 victory over Boise State.
On November 1, 2014, he started at left tackle for the first time during his career at Ole Miss after starting left tackle Laremy Tunsil was unable to play due to injury. The Rebel's spent on to lose 35-31 to #3 Auburn. He also started at left tacklr the following week during a 48-0 victory over Presbyterian College.
Cooper chose to forgo the 2014 NFL Draft and return to Ole Miss in 2015 for his senior season. He began the season as Ole Miss' starting left tackle after Tunsil was suspended 7 games for receiving improper benefits. He started the season opener against UT Martin and helped the Rebel's win 73-3 making it the most points they've scored since 1935. They also had 662-yards of offense, making it the second most for a single game in school history. On September 19, 2015, he helped Mississippi defeat #2 Alabama 43-37, making the most points Ole Miss has ever scored at Alabama. The following week, he earned SEC offensive lineman of the week after helping Ole Miss defeat Vanderbilt 27-16. Cooper was voted as Mississippi's college offensive lineman of the year and mid-season all-SEC by ESPN.com. He started every regular season contest for the Rebel's, 7 of them being at left tackle and 6 at right tackle after the return of Laremy Tunsil.[1]
Professional career
Pre-draft
Cooper decided to declare himself eligible for the 2016 NFL Draft after having no eligibility remaining after his 2015 season at Ole Miss. He was projected to be a sixth or seventh round selection after attending the 2016 NFL combine at Indianapolis and having performed well. Cooper performed at Ole Miss' Pro Day and improved on his combine stats. He was able to bench press 225 lbs 24 times and had a 9 foot 8 inch broad jump, a foot and two inches better then at the combine. He also performed well during his positional drills but was overshadowed by outstanding performances by fellow teammates and projected first rounders Robert Nkemdiche, Laremy Tunsil, and Laquon Treadwell.[2]
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in | 303 lb | 34 3⁄4 in | 10 in | 5.17 s | 4.89 s | 7.85 s | 8 ft 6 in | 19 reps | |||||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers selected Cooper in the fifth round (174th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
On May 6, 2016, the 49ers signed him to a four-year, $2.52 million rookie contract with a signing bonus of $184,384.[4]
Going into training camp, Cooper was expected to compete for the 49ers' starting right guard position along with Ian Silberman and fellow rookies Joshua Garnett and John Theus. First round pick Garnett ultimately won the starting right guard position with Theus winning the backup left tackle position. He was released as apart of the 49ers' final roster cuts but was added to their practice squad after going unclaimed. On November 15, 2016, he was added to the practice squad's injured reserve list and his injury was described as "a medical issue that is non-medical in nature."[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "OleMissSports: Fahn Cooper". ole miss sports.com. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Gil Brandt (March 28, 2016). "Ole Miss' Nkemdichr has special, rare pro-day workout". NFL.com. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Fahn Cooper". National Football League. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Jason Hurley (May 9, 2016). "49ers draft picks:Contracts, Salaries for rookies". ninersnation.com. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ David Facullo (November 15, 2016). "49ers sign Colin Kelly to practice squad following Fahn Cooper injury". ninersnation.com. Retrieved November 26, 2016.