Cooper DeJean
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
It's set in a little bit, I think. I think I've kind of realized that a little bit now. But it's still pretty crazy to me to think about. Yeah, yeah. Especially in my first year, getting to win a Super Bowl is pretty crazy.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
It's getting there. It's getting there. I'm slowly recovering, slowly recovering. So it's getting there.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, there's no parade, but I think I kind of snuck back into town. I don't know if anybody knew I was back.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, my brother's got a basketball game on Thursday. Okay. So I'll get to go check that out and see what kind of reception there is for me there.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, I mean, I think... You know, the way it was a rollout to the right. So and I was catching it coming back the opposite way. So it kind of it kind of I kind of just fell right into the right lane there. And when I when I caught the ball, everybody was going the opposite way. So I got to had some big boys out in front, got me some blocks, had to make some make some mess.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
But, yeah, I mean, it seems like it worked almost perfectly with the way I caught the ball and the way everybody else was running. So it worked out pretty well.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
So many times. Yeah, I love that. It showed up on my phone so many times. I watch it every time.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, and then there's... They had all the different country broadcasts, like their reactions to it too, which was cool. Did you have a favorite of those? What's that? Did you have a favorite of those? I think it's like the... It might be like the Mexican one is pretty fun to listen to, even though I have no idea what they're saying besides my name.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
But really all of them are pretty cool to listen to.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I did never think about that, to be honest. I didn't see that until after the game. Or I didn't realize until after the game. After that pick, I was probably pretty high on the... on the list to be Super Bowl MVP at that point. But, you know, the game Jalen had, obviously. Right. He deserved that. But I didn't even realize that until after the game. Kind of forgot all about it.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I mean, we got up, we got up 10-0 and then, you know, being able to, you know, anytime you get a defensive touchdown in any game like that, that changes, changes the tide of, of, of any game. So especially in a Super Bowl, being able to go up, you know, 17-0 after a defensive touchdown. I mean, that's, that's, that's huge for, for any team.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I think it, I think it just, it helped us just continue to, to roll through, roll through that game.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I think everybody had confidence that we could put on a good show when we went out there. Everybody had a lot of confidence in us. I don't know if we knew it would be by that large of a margin, but – Just the week of practice that we had, I think I myself was pretty confident in what we would be able to do against them defensively. We didn't even blitz one time.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
We had some blitzes drawn up to run, and when you got those guys up front, we never really had to.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, it was a little different for me, a little different for me. You know, being used to just playing field position and having our defense, you know, just keep their offense pinned back and, you know, flipping the field once we make them punt. So it was a little different for me. Yeah. Especially those first few weeks when we're around our own 50-yard line and –
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
We're just going for it on fourth and three, fourth and four, whatever it is. And at Iowa, like, that'd be a no-brainer, like punt. Yeah. So, yeah, it was a little different. But I kind of like the switch up. Yeah. The aggressive style.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, I'm definitely still a little upset about that one. Yeah. Because it changed our season from a 10-win season to an 11-win season, and that puts you in a whole different category, you know, at the University of Iowa at least. So that was tough for us. Yeah.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
They said when I was running, because I was trying to point at the ball, because whenever the ball is away from the returner, you don't want other guys to get hit by it, so it's a muff. So I was trying to point at the ball as I was running. My arm was swinging side to side, and they said – They said that counts as an invalid fair catch signal or whatever they said.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
But that's not even why they went to review it in the first place, which was the frustrating part. They were reviewing it to see if I stepped out of bounds, and then they came back with that. So it was, I don't know. It was pretty frustrating.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Um, I had, uh, I had, I mean, the Eagles were, were one of the teams who I actually thought I may end up with. Um, I only met, I met with him one time, um, on a top 30 visit there, but, um, I actually thought I might, might end up there. I didn't know. Um, I didn't know it'd be the way it happened.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
But I'm glad it happened the way it happened, being able to come in with Q and us being two rookies in the same position. I think it helped us both. It made it easier, made the transition easier on us both.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, it definitely would have been a lot different playing out in L.A. Obviously, they had a solid season this year, but not being able to win a Super Bowl would have been tough. I'm glad it happened the way it happened. Back then, I was pretty frustrated having to sit and wait that long, but I'm glad it happened the way it happened and
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
it all worked out and I'm a Super Bowl champion so yeah yeah it's pretty good and you had a great rookie season too who was the hardest guy that you had to cover in the NFL so far um good question thank you hardest guy I had to cover probably Puka Nakua from from the Rams he's he's a tough cover um I think Jerry Judy's he's a quick dude um Adam Thielen.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Adam Thielen worked me the week we played the Panthers. I learned a lot from that game. He's just a savvy veteran guy who gave me some good work. That was probably one of my tougher games going up against him.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, I wanted to play basketball, actually. Coming into high school, I wanted to play basketball in college. But I'm not quite tall enough, and I'm kind of built more like a football player. And I kind of play basketball like I'm a football player. I play downhill and drive into the hoop and try to dunk on everybody. But I wanted to play basketball, but...
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Clearly football was the right decision, and I found that out after my sophomore year.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Started to pick up with football recruiting and stuff like that. But I still play basketball every once in a while, and it seems like every couple months my basketball highlights will just resurface on Twitter, social media somewhere. Yeah. They'll go away for a little bit, and then they'll pop back up.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Me and Riley Moss. My boy Riley Moss. Kind of shocking. I'm outside there.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, just plug us in there and we're ready to go.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Oh, geez. I mean, there was – I'd probably have to say Nolan Smith. Yep. Yep. Nolan Smith or Q, Quinion Mitchell. One of those two guys, but I think Nolan probably takes the cake there. I mean, he couldn't even walk straight or stand up. Might have seen him throw up one time on the road there. But, yeah, it was probably Nolan.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, I had this big-ass Bud Light chain around my neck, and I was throwing beer all over everybody in the crowd, and the chain came up and hit me right in my eye, right above my eyebrow. So I got a little battle scar there, but it's all good. It's good for the memories.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, he took it like a champ, and he used it in his speech at the end of the parade, which was funny. But I think he loved it, actually. Loved having the cut across his forehead from the parade.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I did drop one this year, but I didn't lose it. Don't even remember it. Don't even remember it.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
What were you feeling? I was just lucky that he didn't start running full speed before I got to him. Otherwise, it would have probably hurt even more. Luckily, I caught him right when he was turning around and I was able to pick him up and put him to the ground there. But, I mean, that... He wasn't even moving full speed, and that was, I mean, it still hurt me.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I still felt it in my neck and my shoulder. But, yeah, he's a big-ass dude, big-ass dude. But luckily he wasn't going full speed.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
It's kind of more of a... More of an in-house.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, it was tough. I'm a LeBron guy, too. I'm a huge LeBron fan, so it was tough for me. But I didn't expect him to know who I was, to be honest. But now he would. I just had to be there, really, and open for a little love. But it's all good.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Has he reached out and been like, hey, my bad, respect? Not to me directly, but he commented under some post where someone asked me at the Super Bowl, I think, and apologized or said something about it.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I like playing nickel. I like playing inside, being around all the action. Hopefully at some point I can move to one of those every down positions, whether it's outside or whether it's safety, whatever it may be. I hope at some point I can do that. And do both, maybe, because I like playing nickel. I like being involved in the run game and the screen game.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I feel like that's a really important position in a defense, and you can make a huge impact at that position.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, you're right. It would.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I was not. I was not. That would have been – I would have loved to do that, though. I was – I played a little offense in college, obviously played quarterback in high school. I miss slinging it around, especially, I mean, could you imagine just going out there and throwing it to A.J. and Devontae and those guys, I mean, that we have on offense? It would have been crazy. Yeah.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
That would have been sweet, though.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, yeah. I have to talk to Coach Sirianni about that one.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
In the Big Ten? I mean, Nebraska. I wouldn't say it was – I don't know how tough it was. It was just like really loud in there. Yeah. At Nebraska, it gets pretty loud. But once you get up on them, it gets pretty quiet in there. And that was us quite a bit of the time there when we were playing there. So I know Will will appreciate that answer there. Yeah.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
But Nebraska, it's a fun place to play, especially in a rivalry game and especially when you're beating them.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah, someone actually had taken a video of him in the stands when that touchdown happened. My dad had been my coach since I was a little kid, so I'd never really seen him get overly excited about a play I made. He was always trying to keep me humble. and things like that. So I saw the video and I'd never seen him get that excited before about a play I made. So that was pretty fun to watch.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
And then, you know, getting to celebrate with him and my family down on the field after the game was really cool. Just having them experience that moment with me. You know, my dad and My parents, they both saw how disappointed I was on that first night of the draft, and especially my dad.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
He came up to me and told me, he said, you remember how disappointed you were on the first night of the draft, and now look where you are. So that was a pretty cool moment there too.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I know. That kind of took a back seat, I think, after we won the Super Bowl. It was more like you're a Super Bowl champion rather than happy birthday. You're 22 years old now.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
No. I don't think I did. I don't think I did. I got quite a few, so there might be some that I missed. But I don't think I did, which was good.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
No, he hasn't. Oh, no. He hasn't, but Big Dom is probably the coolest dude you'll ever meet. Yeah. I saw you guys were with him at the Super Bowl, right? Yeah, he's the best.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
So, yeah, he's he's he's one of the coolest dudes I've ever met. And he he literally runs runs the city of Philadelphia. Yeah, it's it's great to great to know a guy like that.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
I mean, kind of. He brought me into his office, I remember, and was just telling me all kinds of crazy stories that he's heard or been a part of since he's been the head security for the Eagles. Yeah. There's some crazy shit that he's done and he's helped guys out with. So it's good to have a guy like him on your team.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Yeah. Can't wait. Appreciate you guys. Thank you, Cooper. Thank you for your representation. Yes.
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Rick Pitino In Studio, Super Bowl Champ Cooper DeJean, USA/Canada's Incredible Four Nations Final + Fyre Fest of The Week
Get him on the outside. All right. Thanks, man.