New Cowboys WR Brandin Cooks has tied the record for NFL’s most-traded player ever
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New Dallas Cowboys receiver Brandin Cooks has been everywhere, man.
After the speedy wide receiver was traded to Dallas from the Houston Texans on Sunday morning, Cooks joined the fifth team in his professional career.
Four of those teams were joined by trade. Indeed, Cooks has been traded four times in his career since being taken in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.
In 2017, the New England Patriots traded a first-round pick and a third-round pick to New Orleans for Cooks and a fourth-round pick. Then, in 2018, the Los Angeles Rams sent a first rounder and a sixth rounder to New England for Cooks and a fourth rounder.
In 2020, the Houston Texans acquired Cooks and a fourth-round pick from the Rams in exchange for a second-round pick. Now, it’s the Texans who traded Cooks to the Cowboys in 2023 for a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft and a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft.
Since 1980, Cooks has now tied NFL Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson for the player who has been traded the most times in his career, per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
Cooks will join a Cowboys offense where he’ll slot next to wideout CeeDee Lamb on the depth chart as Dallas’ No. 2 receiver.
It’s a nice landing spot for Cooks, who has learned throughout his career the hard way of how the NFL’s business side can transpire.
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