Suspension receiver Cooper Kupp definitely his not playing….
Back then, few would have predicted the budding wide receiver would join Jerry Rice as the only wideouts in NFL history to be named Super Bowl MVP and Offensive Player of the Year.
Kupp developed his love for the game at Davis High School in Yakima, where he also played basketball. As a senior in 2011, he spoke about his outlook for the upcoming high school football season.
His baby face and white blonde hair, seen in video footage from the time, is a far cry from the grizzly-bearded phenom most NFL fans would recognise today.
Despite impressing during his high school days (he recorded 110 catches for 2,100 yards), Kupp finished his career without a single college football scholarship offer.
It was only in the two months leading up to college signing day that Kupp finally got offers from Eastern Washington University and Idaho State, both in the second tier of NCAA Division I football.
But like his father and grandfather before him, the raw and undersized receiver was a late bloomer.
His grandfather, Jake Kupp, was an NFL All-Pro offensive lineman in the 1970s who spent most of his years with the New Orleans Saints. His dad, Craig, played quarterback in the NFL for two seasons with the Giants, Ca
