Wide receiver Amari Cooper has informed the Las Vegas Raiders that he intends to retire just days before the team will open the 2025 season at New England, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
His decision comes after he told reporters last week, “trust me, I still got some juice left.” Cooper, 31, had signed with the Raiders late last month.
It ends what would have been a reunion with the franchise that drafted him with the fourth pick in 2015 when the team was based in Oakland.
It also will leave the Raiders with just four wide receivers on the 53-man roster: Jakobi Meyers, Tre Tucker, Dont’e Thornton and Jack Bech.
In 52 career games with the Silver and Black, Cooper totaled 225 catches for 3,183 yards and 19 touchdowns. He surpassed 1,000 yards in his first two seasons. The Raiders traded Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys during the 2018 season. The Cowboys then traded him to the Cleveland Browns in the 2022 offseason, and the Buffalo Bills acquired him last October from the Browns.
He finishes his career with 711 career receptions, 10,033 receiving yards and 64 touchdowns. He had seven seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards, including a career-high 1,250 in 2023.
The news was first reported by NFL Network.
ESPN’s Ryan McFadden contributed to this report.
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