Cooper Douglas Kupp (born June 15, 1993) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Washington Eagles, winning the Walter Payton Award in 2015 and setting the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision records for receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. He was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
Kupp had a breakout season in 2021 when he became the fourth player since the AFL-NFL Merger to lead the league in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. He was named the Offensive Player of the Year and was the MVP of Super Bowl LVI. Kupp joined the Seahawks in 2025, winning Super Bowl LX the same season.
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Early life
Cooper Douglas Kupp was born June 15, 1993, in Yakima, Washington, United States. He is the grandson of Jake Kupp, an NFL offensive lineman, and the son of Craig Kupp, an NFL quarterback. His family is one of only five in NFL history to have three generations selected in the NFL draft.
Kupp attended and graduated from Davis High School in Yakima in 2012 where he was a two-sport athlete in football and basketball for the Pirates athletic teams. A two-way All-State selection, he earned first-team 4A All-State honors as a defensive back and honorable mention accolades as a wide receiver from the Associated Press, as selected by sportswriters and broadcasters. Kupp was also named by the Seattle Times as a "White Chip" selection, as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington.
Kupp was a unanimous first-team All-Columbia Basin Big Nine League wide receiver and defensive back at Davis. He finished his senior season with 60 receptions for 1,059 yards (17.7 per catch) and 18 touchdowns and scored 22 total touchdowns to set a school record. Kupp also had 11 rushes for 122 yards and two touchdowns as he helped Davis come one game away from a berth in the Washington State 4A Playoffs.
Kupp finished his prep career without a single college football scholarship offer despite recording 110 catches for 2,100 yards. Three weeks after the final game of his senior season, he received his first scholarship offer to play for Eastern Washington, followed shortly thereafter by an offer from Idaho State.
Kupp was also a three-year letter-winner in basketball. He led Davis to a 23–2 record and won the State 4A Tournament championship during his senior year for the Pirates.
College career
Kupp attended Eastern Washington University, where he signed to play for coach Beau Baldwin's Eastern Washington Eagles football team in 2012 and redshirted that year. Kupp would eventually be named Eastern's Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year.
2013 season
In 2013, Kupp entered his redshirt freshman year as a starter at wide receiver. He finished the season having set numerous single-season school and national receiving records at the Football Championship Subdivision Level. Kupp has set national freshman records for receiving yards (1,691), total touchdown catches (21), consecutive games with a touchdown catch (14), and receptions (93).
On November 26, 2013, Kupp was named to the All-Big Sky Conference First-team as a unanimous selection and was also the recipient of the conference's first-ever Freshman of the Year Award.
On December 16, 2013, Kupp was named the recipient of the 2013 Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman player in the FCS. Kupp is the first Eastern Washington player and the first player from the Big Sky Conference to receive the award.
Kupp was named a consensus first-team All-American, having been honored by the four major selectors at the FCS level, consisting of the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, The Sports Network and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Kupp was the first freshman wide receiver to be named as a first-team All-American since Randy Moss in 1996.
On January 9, 2014, Kupp was honored by the College Football Performance Awards with the 2013 FCS Wide Receiver Award. Kupp is the second straight Eagles wide receiver to win the award, following Brandon Kaufman, who won the 2012 award.
2014 season
Kupp finished his sophomore season with 104 catches for 1,431 yards and 16 touchdowns in 13 games. He was named a First-team All-American by the AFCA, AP, and TSN for the second consecutive season. He was also named to the first-team All-Big Sky for the second straight year as a wide receiver while also earning third-team honors as punt returner. Kupp finished 18th in the 2014 Walter Payton Award voting.
2015 season
In the 2015 season, Kupp finished the season with 114 catches for 1,642 yards and 19 touchdowns in 11 games. He broke the Big Sky single-season record for catches with 114, a total that ranks ninth most all-time in FCS single-season history. Kupp was named a first-team All-Big Sky wide receiver for the third-straight year and was also named the league's Offensive Most Valuable Player. He was just the second wide receiver to be named Big Sky Offensive MVP in the last 42 years. Kupp also won the Walter Payton Award, becoming the third Eastern Washington player to win the award and only the second wide receiver to win, after Brian Finneran of Villanova in 1997.
2016 season
On November 30, 2015, Kupp announced that he would return for his senior season after speculation that he was considering entering the 2016 NFL draft. He was poised to break nearly every major FCS career receiving record mark during his final collegiate season. In the 2016 season, Kupp finished with 117 receptions for 1,700 yards and 17 touchdowns. At the end of his college career, Kupp's 428 receptions and 6,464 yards were both the most in FCS history, passing marks previously held by Terrell Hudgins, who had 395 receptions and 5,250 yards playing for Elon University from 2006 to 2009. Moreover, Kupp's 6,464 yards eclipsed Scott Pingel's all-division NCAA record set in 1999, which was accomplished at the Division III level of competition. Kupp's 73 receiving touchdowns also rank first in FCS history, passing the 58 touchdowns that New Hampshire's David Ball caught from 2003 to 2006.
Professional career
Pre-draft
Kupp attended the 2017 Senior Bowl and made two receptions for 14 yards for the North, who lost 16–15 to the South. Kupp's performance at the Senior Bowl elevated his draft stock. NFL analyst Bucky Brooks stated Kupp was the top performer at the Senior Bowl. He attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all the combine drills except for the bench press.
On March 28, 2017, Kupp opted to participate in Eastern Washington's pro day along with Jordan West, Shaq Hill, Samson Ebukam, Kendrick Bourne, and Miquiyah Zamora. He attempted all of the combine drills but opted to skip the bench press and broad jump. Kupp shortened his time in the short shuttle to 6.53s and performed positional drills for scouts and team representatives. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Kupp was projected to be a second or third-round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked the eighth-best wide receiver in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com. Steve Smith Sr. ranked him as the best wide receiver in the draft class.
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams selected Kupp in the third round (69th overall) of the 2017 NFL draft. He was the seventh wide receiver drafted in 2017 and became the second highest pick in Eastern Washington's school history, only behind Michael Roos who was taken by the Tennessee Titans in the 2005 NFL draft (second round, 41st overall). Kupp was reunited with Eastern Washington teammate Samson Ebukam after the Rams selected him in the fourth round (125th overall). On June 9, 2017, the Rams signed Kupp to a four-year, $3.83 million contract that included a signing bonus of $954,760.
Kupp competed with Sammy Watkins, Tavon Austin, Robert Woods, Mike Thomas, Bradley Marquez, Pharoh Cooper, and Josh Reynolds throughout training camp for a starting wide receiver role left vacant after Kenny Britt departed in free agency. Head coach Sean McVay named Kupp the fourth wide receiver on the depth chart behind Watkins, Woods, and Austin.
Kupp made his NFL debut in the season-opening 46–9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts and recorded four receptions for 76 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown pass from Jared Goff, marking the first of his career. Three weeks later, Kupp had five catches for 60 yards and a touchdown in a 35–30 road victory over the Dallas Cowboys. During a Week 7 33–0 shutout victory in London against the Arizona Cardinals, he caught four passes for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Through the first seven games of the season, Kupp led the Rams in red-zone targets with 11 and developed as Goff's top receiver in the red zone and third downs. Kupp was fourth in the entire NFL in red zone targets behind leaders Davante Adams, Larry Fitzgerald, and Dez Bryant who were tied with 20 red zone targets each. During a Week 9 51–17 victory over the New York Giants, Kupp made his first career NFL start, catching three passes for 54 yards. Three weeks later against the New Orleans Saints, Kupp posted his first career game with over 100 yards, where he finished with 116 as the Rams won 26–20. During a Week 14 43–35 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, he finished with five receptions for 118 yards and a touchdown. By December, Kupp was a full-time starter at wide receiver and ended his rookie season in 2017 with 62 receptions for 869 yards and five touchdowns in 15 games and six starts.
The Rams finished atop the NFC West with an 11–5 record. On January 6, 2018, Kupp appeared in his first career playoff game and had eight receptions for 69 yards and a touchdown as the Rams lost by a score of 26–13 to the Atlanta Falcons in an National Football Conference (NFC) Wild Card Game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Seattle Seahawks
On March 14, 2025, Kupp agreed to a three-year, $45 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Quickly establishing himself in the starting lineup, Kupp played in 16 games during the regular season, starting 15, and caught 47 passes for 593 yards and two touchdowns. In Week 2, Kupp had season highs in catches (seven) and yardage (90) in the Seahawks' 31–17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kupp caught at least one pass in every game as he helped Seattle win the NFC West title for the first time since 2020. In the NFC Divisional Round, Kupp led the Seahawks with five receptions for 60 yards in Seattle's 41–6 rout of the San Francisco 49ers. In the NFC Championship, Kupp caught four passes for 36 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown in the third quarter that ultimately provided the winning margin in Seattle's 31–27 win over the Los Angeles Rams, gaining Kupp a measure of "revenge" against his former team. Kupp won his second Super Bowl championship when the Seahawks defeated the Patriots 29–13 in Super Bowl LX. He had six receptions for 61 yards in the game.
Career statistics
Career highlights
Awards and honors
NFL
2× Super Bowl champion (LVI, LX)
Super Bowl MVP (LVI)
NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2021)
PFWA NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award (2021)
First-team All-Pro (2021)
Pro Bowl (2021)
NFL receptions leader (2021)
NFL receiving yards leader (2021)
NFL receiving touchdowns leader (2021)
Yards after catch leader: (2021)
PFWA All-Rookie Team (2017)
Ranked No. 89 in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020
Ranked No. 4 in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022
Ranked No. 47 in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023
Ranked No. 69 in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2024
2× NFC Offensive Player of the Month (2021 – September, October)
College
College football all-division career leader in receiving yards (6,464)
NCAA FCS career leader in receiving touchdowns (73) and receptions (428)
Walter Payton Award (2015)
Records
Most receptions through first 100 games – 625
Most yards from scrimmage by a wide receiver in a single season – 1,965 (2021)
Most consecutive games with 90+ receiving yards – 13 (2021)
Most games with 90+ receiving yards in a single season – 16 (2021)
Most receptions in a single postseason – 33 (2021)
Most receptions in a single season – 145 (2021)
Most receiving yards in a single season – 1,947 (2021)
Personal life
Kupp is the son of former NFL quarterback Craig Kupp, a fifth-round draft pick by the New York Giants in 1990 out of Pacific Lutheran University who played for the Phoenix Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys in 1991. His younger brother, Ketner, also played at Eastern Washington and was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as a free agent in 2019, participating in training camp and in preseason games, but was released during the final roster cutdown.
His grandfather, Jake Kupp, was an offensive lineman for the University of Washington and was selected in the ninth round of the 1964 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys. He played from 1964 to 1975 as a guard with Dallas, the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, and the New Orleans Saints. Named to the NFL All-Rookie team, he later was a five-time captain for the Saints. He was named to the franchise's 25-year All-Time Team and was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 1991.
Kupp developed a close friendship with former Rams quarterback Jared Goff while living with him for a few weeks after the draft. They practiced on their own time together, watched films, studied defensive schemes, and learned the playbook.
Kupp has been described as a devout Christian.
As a senior in high school, Kupp met his girlfriend and future wife Anna Croskrey. They married in June 2015 and have three sons. When Kupp played for Los Angeles, he and his family lived in Westlake Village, California, during the season and Wilsonville, Oregon, during the offseason.
As part of a pregame ritual, Kupp is responsible for finding a Vietnamese restaurant to bring pho for his teammates Sam Darnold, Drew Lock, and Jalen Milroe the night before the team dinner of a road game. The quarterbacks rank and review Kupp's choices after they've finished reviewing the call sheet.