Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper was the best receiver in college football last season, but he still has to sell himself to the NFL.
ESPN’s Sports Science put Cooper and West Virginia wide receiver Kevin White through the paces and scientifically measured their abilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwomFBtzj6c
(Video above: Amari Cooper and Kevin White enter the Sports Science Lab)
Cooper was faster than White using an infrared timer, though White ran a faster 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine. Sports Science compared Cooper to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and White was coincidentally compared to former Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones. Both receivers did well in the catching drills on Sports Science, catching 9-of-10 passes thrown in the drill.
“When you add Cooper and White’s stats from last year,” Sports Science host John Brenkus said, “they racked up more receiving yards and receiving touchdowns than 62 percent of the teams in the FBS.”
Cooper caught 124 passes for 1,727 yards and 16 touchdowns last season, with White catching 109 passes for 1,447 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Cooper beat out White for the Biletnikoff Award in 2014, and the two will be vying to be the first wide receiver selected in this year’s NFL Draft.
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