Amari Cooper is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation’s top receiver and a unanimous All-American in 2014.
Amari Cooper: Is a free agent| What team is on| Landing spots
Is a free agent:
However, when the Dallas Cowboys renewed Cooper for five years in 2020, they built an escape clause beginning in 2022 with no guaranteed money left.
Reports say the Cowboys want to trade or release their most secure WR of the roster. The Dallas Cowboys guaranteed money is going to Ezekiel Elliott’s deal.
Amary Cooper is one of the most questioned players on the roster. He caught 68 passes for 865 yards and eight touchdowns.
What team is on:
Dallas Cowboys
If the Cowboys follow through with their plan to part ways with the receiver, it wipes off $16 million from the salary cap, with $6 million in dead money. In essence, Cooper’s extension will wind up being a two-year, $40 million deal.
Last season’s numbers began a debate whether Cooper was worth $20 million per year.
Landing Spots:
Adam Schefter tweeted a bombshell announcement Friday when he tweeted that Amari Cooper is likely to be released by the Dallas Cowboys at the start of the new NFL year.
Speculation has run rampant of Cooper being released dating back to the Cowboys’ loss to the San Fransisco 49ers in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones didn’t quiet the speculation in recent weeks and at the NFL Draft Combine. Now we know why, as the franchise plans to move on from their star-wide receiver. The Jones family can talk all they want about Amari Cooper not stepping up in the playoffs last season. But they aren’t fooling anyone in releasing the 27-year-old due to being tightly pressed against the NFL’s salary cap.
