Jonathan Cooper clears injury-riddled hurdles, ready for chance to return
Posted Oct 4, 2014
A month into his second year, Jonathan Cooper has yet to start an NFL game -- not quite how the career of a seventh-overall pick was supposed to begin. Last year was a wash, erased by a broken leg that sidelined him for all of 2013. He entered Year 2 with all the expectations that would accompany his status, but the mental hurdles of overcoming a serious injury proved too high.
(ESPN.com)
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