NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Richard Cooper, RB, Texas A&M Commerce
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What is your name?
Richard Cooper
What is your Height/Weight?
5’10” 190
What is your position?
Running Back
Where do you play college football?
Texas A&M Commerce
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Brought our team and fans a clutch touchdown for Victory in a championship game
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Calculus 2.
Where are you from?
Angleton, Texas
Who is your role model, and why?
Arian Foster because he had a successful career for my favorite team and did it going undrafted
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
I have played every skill position on the field A combination of vision quickness elusiveness footwork and experience with the ball in my hands
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
In film I watch the D line, their get off how physicality. The linebackers and how athletic they are how they approach tackles what are there tendencies. The Safeties in run support so they fly downhill or catch tackle
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
A fresh Arian Foster, a young frank gore, or LaDanian Tomlinson. I feel like my running style similar to a little of each of them
What is your biggest strength?
My biggest strength is my vision and footwork
What is your biggest weakness?
Biggest weakness will be size right now
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
“Draft me or pick me up on a practice squad give me a chance at least. I have a passion for playing football since I started at 6. I’ve been a 1st team running back wherever level I played. 2 years HS, 2 years College. I feel like I have a knack for winning and making plays.”
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Cowboys growing up/Emmitt Smith and Now Texans
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
My grandpa, Albert Einstein, The head honcho of the NFL
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
First NFL paycheck would buy my mom a house and start investing
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