Former Alabama WR Amari Cooper intends to retire after 10 seasons in NFL
On the first day of the 2025-26 NFL season, Amari Cooper chose to call it a career.
The former Alabama star informed the Las Vegas Raiders that he “no longer has the desire to play and intends to retire,” according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport. Cooper signed with the Raiders, the team that drafted him, last week, but now, he is retiring from football.
Cooper spent 10 seasons in the NFL from 2015-24. He began his career in Oakland after the Raiders chose him with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft and played three and half seasons with the organization before being traded to the Dallas Cowboys in 2018. After three and a half seasons in Dallas, Cooper joined the Cleveland Browns for the 2022 campaign. He was traded once again in 2024, going from Cleveland to the Buffalo Bills.
Cooper finished his NFL career with 10,033 receiving yards and 64 touchdowns on 711 catches in 154 games played. He was named to five Pro Bowls (2015-16, 2018-19 and 2023) during his 10-year tenure in the pros and was selected to the PFWA All-Rookie Team in 2015.
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The Raiders drafted Cooper after a stellar collegiate career at Alabama, where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to a national championship as a true freshman in 2012. As a junior in 2014, Cooper was a unanimous All-American, the Biletnikoff Award winner and the SEC Offensive Player of the Year after recording 124 passes for 1,727 yards and 16 touchdowns. Cooper was also a finalist for the Heisman Trophy that year before entering the NFL draft.
Cooper committed to Alabama and head coach Nick Saban as a consensus 4-star player in the 2012 recruiting class, according to the Rivals Industry Rankings. The Miami Northwestern star was considered the nation’s 44th overall player and the No. 8 wide receiver that cycle.
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