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Class of 2024 RB/CB Sam Cooper (PA) Committed to Stony Brook

kcsu said:
He looks more like a running back to me. Maybe Strong safety
rover type player
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That picture is not the guy that verbaled to us.

There is another Samuel Cooper who also went to Bishop Egan. Ended up going to Merrimack College. Even got looked at by the NFL. Spent some time on the taxi squad for the Texan. This one was a DL who is 6’2 305 or so. Believe he graduated Egan around 2015.

Our guy is 5’11 and about 185

Crazy backstory for Sam Cooper I. Can’t believe the two are related. Two sons named Samuel? I guess anything is possible but I believe it is just a strange coincidence.

www.eagletribune.com

Driven by father's murder, brother's death, Merrimack's Cooper nearing NFL shot

The pain of unthinkable tragedy could have consumed Sam Cooper.
www.eagletribune.com www.eagletribune.com
 
Ozone! said:
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Is this an actual photo of Cooper?
sutomcat said:
That picture is not the guy that verbaled to us.

There is another Samuel Cooper who also went to Bishop Egan. Ended up going to Merrimack College. Even got looked at by the NFL. Spent some time on the taxi squad for the Texan. This one was a DL who is 6’2 305 or so. Believe he graduated Egan around 2015.

Our guy is 5’11 and about 185

Crazy backstory for Sam Cooper I. Can’t believe the two are related. Two sons named Samuel? I guess anything is possible but I believe it is just a strange coincidence.

www.eagletribune.com

Driven by father's murder, brother's death, Merrimack's Cooper nearing NFL shot

The pain of unthinkable tragedy could have consumed Sam Cooper.
www.eagletribune.com www.eagletribune.com
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I was gonna say, that guy in the picture looked like he was 30 years old.
 
sutomcat said:
That picture is not the guy that verbaled to us.

There is another Samuel Cooper who also went to Bishop Egan. Ended up going to Merrimack College. Even got looked at by the NFL. Spent some time on the taxi squad for the Texan. This one was a DL who is 6’2 305 or so. Believe he graduated Egan around 2015.

Our guy is 5’11 and about 185

Crazy backstory for Sam Cooper I. Can’t believe the two are related. Two sons named Samuel? I guess anything is possible but I believe it is just a strange coincidence.

www.eagletribune.com

Driven by father's murder, brother's death, Merrimack's Cooper nearing NFL shot

The pain of unthinkable tragedy could have consumed Sam Cooper.
www.eagletribune.com www.eagletribune.com
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v This is the Sam Cooper sutomcat is referring to in his post, (scroll to the bottom and appears in Ozone's post.) He is not the Sam Cooper we offered and verballed to us last night 1/28/23 .

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5 Questions in 5 Minutes: Sam Cooper '15

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5 Questions in 5 Minutes: Sam Cooper '15​



This week, we sat down with Sam Cooper from the Class of 2015! Sam is a recent graduate of Merrimack College in Massachusetts. Sam has made big headlines recently as he’s been selected to every major all-star game in the football world but one. As he prepares for the upcoming NFL draft, he answered a few questions for CEC and offered some advice to current CEC students as they look ahead to their future.​

1. Thanks for joining us, Sam! Can you tell us about your current professional goals?
Just wanted to say this interview is a huge blessing! I started off at CEC and still to this day I say that my experiences at CEC made me the man I am today. Right now I am pursuing a career in professional football. My goal has always been to go pro at the sport since 2006. I was blessed to have great coaches at CEC that taught me values that would carry me wherever I go and instill confidence in myself and my game.
2. What are your most recent accomplishments?
2021 has been a blessing! So far this year I’ve received an invite to every major all-star game in the football world but one. I first got invited to the Tropical Bowl in Orlando, then the College Gridiron Showcase in Texas. I will also be playing in the Hula Bowl in Hawaii on January 31. I was also invited to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl that was unfortunately cancelled this year. Lastly, I was invited to play in “the big one” - the East-West Shrine Bowl, that was also unfortunately cancelled due to the pandemic. Still, the Shrine Bowl and Hula Bowl are two games I dreamed about playing in so I’m honored.
3. When you think of CEC, what comes to mind?
I think about faith, structure, and friends. When I went to CEC, everything in my life was structured and faith-based. I couldn’t play a game if I didn’t meet with Father Fidelis on Thursday or on gameday. Everything was very regimented and organized. I lived a very religious life which I carried on with me as I left high school. While at CEC, I met lifelong friends. I was blessed to be on a football team where I met a mentor of mine - Coach Steve Schweiker - who helped me with my development as an athlete and student. I was blessed to have Coach Techtmann as a head coach who taught us about respect and integrity. Coach Tech always said “live your life like it’s on camera.” That quote stuck with me forever.
When I’m in town if Coach Techtmann or Coach John Kalinowski needs me to talk to the team or help with workouts, I’m always there!
4. What advice would you give current CEC students as they prepare for their future?
Create goals! It’s never too early to create goals. I don’t care how outlandish your goals may sound to others, let them laugh and prove them wrong. Write your short-term goals down. Read your short-term goals weekly or daily. Develop long-term goals as you’re crushing your short-term ones. Find quotes that motivate you. Attack it each day and always respect people and put the Lord first. When God is with you, who can be against you?
5. What are your goals for 2021?
Dominate the Hula Bowl, dominate my pro-day, get another 4.0 grad semester, and get on an NFL team by the grace of God.
Good luck to Sam as he prepares for the NFL draft and continues to make CEC proud! #SOAR
Photos courtesy of Sam Cooper.

This is Sam COOPER IN Ozones post
5 Questions in 5 Minutes: Sam Cooper '15

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sutomcat said:
That picture is not the guy that verbaled to us.

There is another Samuel Cooper who also went to Bishop Egan. Ended up going to Merrimack College. Even got looked at by the NFL. Spent some time on the taxi squad for the Texan. This one was a DL who is 6’2 305 or so. Believe he graduated Egan around 2015.

Our guy is 5’11 and about 185

Crazy backstory for Sam Cooper I. Can’t believe the two are related. Two sons named Samuel? I guess anything is possible but I believe it is just a strange coincidence.

www.eagletribune.com

Driven by father's murder, brother's death, Merrimack's Cooper nearing NFL shot

The pain of unthinkable tragedy could have consumed Sam Cooper.
www.eagletribune.com www.eagletribune.com
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Oh well with a little S and C
 
Ernj said:
Have wondered about this commitment since he put it out there. Usually one of the coaches tweets out something. Nothing here. So my question...did he really commit?
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It did seem a bit dicey
 
Ernj said:
Have wondered about this commitment since he put it out there. Usually one of the coaches tweets out something. Nothing here. So my question...did he really commit?
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Good question. Seems likely it was probably an offer that was not committable at this point. Its so early, maybe it becomes committable later on.
 
It’s silly to commit or even care about commitments this early in the process. There’s almost another year before most of them can even officially sign.
 
That was it. To early and his 1st visit and committed before he left. Now he is getting other offers and doesn't want to miss out on his recruitment. Says SU is still very high on his list but just wants to experience the recruitment life. I understand it and do believe this one
 
OrangeXtreme said:
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I think someone else mentioned this but to reiterate, when Cooper announced he was verbaling to Syracuse never got the confirmation tweet from Coach Babers.

I would be really surprised if Cooper checked with the Syracuse coaches first to confirm his offer was committable when he made his announcement. Whoops.

Travon had 137 tackles in a relatively short HS football season. That is unbelievably impressive. Trashon might have just taken an RB spot in this class. Perhaps the only one. Nice he can play a number positions.

Good gets. We seemed to have done quite well recruiting defensive players and struggled to get top targets on offense. Nice that we might have more on offense than defense right now.

I think Coach Campanile has already started to impact Syracuse football recruiting.
 
sutomcat said:
I think someone else mentioned this but to reiterate, when Cooper announced he was verbaling to Syracuse never got the confirmation tweet from Coach Babers.

I would be really surprised if Cooper checked with the Syracuse coaches first to confirm his offer was committable when he made his announcement. Whoops.

Travon had 137 tackles in a relatively short HS football season. That is unbelievably impressive. Trashon might have just taken an RB spot in this class. Perhaps the only one. Nice he can play a number positions.

Good gets. We seemed to have done quite well recruiting defensive players and struggled to get top targets on offense. Nice that we might have more on offense than defense right now.

I think Coach Campanile has already started to impact Syracuse football recruiting.
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Never got the idea of a non-committal offer. We’ll offer you, but you can’t accept, is not really an offer. We’ll offer, but you are 3rd behind 2 other offers is not really an offer.

Same with the old silent commitment. The general rule is that silence does not constitute acceptance.
 
Capt. Tuttle said:
Never got the idea of a non-committal offer. We’ll offer you, but you can’t accept, is not really an offer. We’ll offer, but you are 3rd behind 2 other offers is not really an offer.

Same with the old silent commitment. The general rule is that silence does not constitute acceptance.
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Often times, players are given offers contingent on various things.

It might be grade issues addressed. It might be completing certain core requirements for admission.

It might be a player is told that they are choice #2 for their position and the scholarship offer becomes committable only if choice #1 decides to go elsewhere.

It could also be that the player misread interest as an offer and jumped the gun without talking to the staff first. This seems to happen once every couple of years. The player ends up pulling the commitment back a while later. They may or may not get a committable offer (a better name would probably be offer without contingencies) later.

As far as I know, Coach Babers always retweets after Syracuse football gets a verbal. If he does not, I think it indicates there is a disconnect. There surely was one here.
 
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