This is what you call a RIDE or DIE.
The chances that Cooper Kupp would become a star Wide Receiver in the NFL was very low especially going to a school like Eastern Washington.
He was also broke, but his girlfriend at the time Anna believed in him, and the rest, as they say, is history.
It is a very cool story.
After football practice, Kupp drove his white Nissan Pathfinder — often with teammates in passenger seats hoping their ride wouldn’t experience one of its infamous breakdowns — across the Eastern Washington campus from the red-turf Roos Field to the restaurant, where a special someone would be expecting him.
Behind the cash register or serving orders in Styrofoam containers, his wife, Anna Kupp, worked her first job.
“I supported us monetarily through college,” Anna said, laughing, almost in disbelief she pulled it off. “I was working full time so that he didn’t have to worry about that, so that he could focus.”
Cooper’s goals pertained to football, and he discovered after a summer of morning workouts followed by an afternoon landscaping gig that he felt exhausted when the season rolled around.
Football, along with school, had to be his full-time job. Anna supported and sacrificed, while also attending college, in every way she could.
“Without a doubt, there’s no doubt in my mind, not only would I not be here where I am today without her or accomplishing the things that I would be doing,” Kupp said. “I really believe I may not be in this — I may not be in the NFL if it wasn’t for her and what she has inspired in me and pushed me to do.”
Very cool.
Kupp this season was the best wide receiver in the league. He led the league in everything including yards after the catch. He was a short, medium, and deep threat.
Flip the pages to see some of his craziest routes for the season.