Cooper DeJean goes #40 overall to Philadelphia (8th Pick of 2nd Round). Rookie Contract will be Worth $9.15M, incl. a $3.5M Signing Bonus
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"DeJean played both cornerback and safety at in college. While some evaluators project DeJean as a safety at the next level, the sentiment within the Eagles building is that he is someone who can "do it all."
The Eagles traded both of their 2nd-round picks (#50 and #53) along with a 5th-round pick to Washington for picks #40 (used on Cooper) and #78.
Still kinda crazy that Cooper, a unanimous 1st-team All-American and B1G Defensive Back of the Year, fell to the 2nd Round of the Draft.
Some excerpts from the story from ESPN:
Philadelphia has emphasized upgrading the secondary this offseason after finishing 31st in passing yards and passing touchdowns allowed in 2023. The Eagles signed C.J. Gardner-Johnson in free agency, selected cornerback Quinyon Mitchell in the first round and then started off Day 2 with DeJean.
While some evaluators project DeJean as a safety at the next level, the sentiment within the Eagles building is that he is someone who can "do it all."
The Full Story:
www.espn.com
Still kinda crazy that Cooper, a unanimous 1st-team All-American and B1G Defensive Back of the Year, fell to the 2nd Round of the Draft.
Some excerpts from the story from ESPN:
Philadelphia has emphasized upgrading the secondary this offseason after finishing 31st in passing yards and passing touchdowns allowed in 2023. The Eagles signed C.J. Gardner-Johnson in free agency, selected cornerback Quinyon Mitchell in the first round and then started off Day 2 with DeJean.
While some evaluators project DeJean as a safety at the next level, the sentiment within the Eagles building is that he is someone who can "do it all."
The Full Story:
Eagles trade up, draft Iowa DB DeJean at No. 40
The Eagles moved up in the second round to select versatile Iowa defensive back Cooper DeJean on Friday.
And the city of Philadelphia is a literal shit hole. 3rd world city. Good luck to Cooper, he will make us all very proud!
Or anywhere near the DM area. This guy doesn't get that an a-hole little brother needs to get b*tch slapped occasionally to keep him in line. It's for his own good.....right @MesaClone?!
I do think its interesting how the players at a home area watch party, and supposedly doesn't know who is drafting him, and yet someone has a team hat their? Hmmm.. okay then, lolol...
It's a damn shame he ended up there. I was hoping he'd stay in the midwest. Would have loved to seen go to the vikings or chiefs. I wouldn't have minded if he went to the packers or bears even. Philly would have been one of my last choices
Ha!
I have lived in Ankeny for 20+ years. It is probably the largest concentration of ISU fans outside of Ames, and it’s still pretty evenly split. The South side school probably has more Hawkeye fans than Cyclone fans. Ames seems to shit them out right into the North side of town.
Two things I don’t think Eastern Iowa Hawkeye fans understand.
One, you would likely be rooting against them every week if you lived here. (Yes, I know there are exceptions, I said likely)
Two, Central Iowa is FAR from Cyclone country. I don’t know if there is a county in the state outside of Story County that is majority Cyclone. That said, the ones that are here are loud and proud.
They know the teams that are considering drafting them. He probably had 10 hats.
Hell, maybe he had 32 hats ready. It’s not a conspiracy.
gonna be an instant millionaire once he signs that contract
That's creeping close to Herschel Walker/Vikings territory.
They showed a table with 32 caps on it when a different player was drafted. That is why it seemed to take a little while for Cooper to be handed the correct cap.
Okay then. Still its kind of funny that CDJ had a nice green shirt on as well. Maybe he thought packers.....lolol..
This is great. Look at how excited they were when Cooper was still available for pick #40.
They quickly made the trade.
They quickly made the trade.
