Cooper was selected by the
Oakland Raiders in the sixth round (184th overall) of the
2001 NFL draft. He appeared in 11 games with one start, while posting 22 tackles, 2 sacks and one interception. He had 6 tackles and one sack against the
Kansas City Chiefs. He had 5 tackles and one sack against the
Tennessee Titans. In
2002, he appeared in 16 games with one start, while collecting 19 tackles one sack, one pass defensed and one forced fumble. He had 3 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble against the
New England Patriots. He made 3 defensive tackles and also played on
special teams in the AFC Divisional playoff game against the
New York Jets. He had 3 defensive tackles in the AFC Championship game against the
Tennessee Titans. He had 3 defensive tackles in
Super Bowl XXXVII against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In
2003, he appeared in 16 games with 9 starts, while recording 49 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 passes defensed, one forced fumble and 3 fumble recoveries. He had 4 tackles against the
Detroit Lions. He made 4 tackles against the
New York Jets. He had 5 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery against the
Minnesota Vikings. He made 3 tackles, one sack and one pass defensed against the
Kansas City Chiefs. He had 7 tackles against the
Denver Broncos. He made 6 tackles and a half-sack against the
San Diego Chargers. In November, he was one of four Raider players (
Bill Romanowski,
Barret Robbins and
Dana Stubblefield) implicated in the
BALCO scandal. All four were notified by the
NFL after testing positive for the designer steroid
tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), but he was not suspended, because the league was unaware of the steroid at the time of the original tests. On September 11,
2004, he was traded to the
Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a conditional draft choice (not exercised). He appeared in 2 games as a backup and was declared inactive in 5 contests. He was waived on November 3. On November 10,
2004, he was signed by the
San Francisco 49ers. He appeared in 8 games with 2 starts. He made 3 tackles and one sack against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He had 7 tackles against the
Buffalo Bills. He finished the season with 16 tackles and one sack. On August 23,
2005, he was placed on the
injured reserve list with a shoulder injury. He was released on February 23. On May 8,
2006, he was signed by the
Seattle Seahawks. He was declared inactive in the first 2 games. On September 22,
2006, he was released to make room for the acquired wide receiver
Deion Branch. On September 26,
2006, he was signed by the
Arizona Cardinals. He had 23 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 passes defensed and one fumble recovery as a backup. In 2007, he appeared in 12 games (declared inactive 4 contests) as a backup
defensive end in the team's
3-4 defense, tallying 6 tackles. He was released on February 21,
2008. On March 25,
2008, he signed with the
Seattle Seahawks. He was lost for the season and placed on the
injured reserve list on August 30. In
2009, he signed with the
California Redwoods in the
United Football League. On April 6,
2010, he was signed as a
free agent by the
Oakland Raiders. He was released on September 4. He finished his career with 134 tackles, 8.5 sacks, one interception, 8 passes defensed and 4 forced fumbles. ==NFL career statistics==