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Basic StatsCooper Kupp's Basic Stats

Cooper Kupp
ADP: 1.8
Bye: 10
Experience: 6 Yr(s)
Age: 30.3
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 208
40 Time: 4.62
Speed Score: 90.80
Burst Score (Rank): 110.70 (6%)
Agility Score (Rank): 10.83 (91%)
Catch Radius (Rank): 10.02 (47%)

Injury PredictorCooper Kupp's Injury Guide

Medium Risk

Chance of Injury in 2023

57%

% chance misses at least 2 quarters

Chance of Injury per Game

4.8%

1- 17√1-% Inj/Season

Projected Games Missed 2023

1.50

Durability

4.50

Ability to produce despire relatively minor injuries. 5 being most durable

Injury analysis powered by Draft Sharks Injury Guide, formerly SIP Logo

Injury History

Date League Injury Details
Aug 22, 2017 NFL Inguinal Groin Pull Grade 1 Kupp missed the final 2 preseason games with a groin injury but was ready for Week 1.
Oct 7, 2018 NFL Head Cranial Concussion Grade 1 Kupp sustained a concussion in Week 5 but was cleared by the following weekend.
Oct 14, 2018 NFL Knee MCL Sprain Grade 2 Kupp missed 2 games with a sprained left MCL.
Nov 11, 2018 NFL Knee ACL Tear Grade 3 Kupp tore his left ACL and missed the final 6 games of the season.
Jan 9, 2021 NFL Knee Bruise Kupp suffered a knee injury during the wild-card game vs. the Seahawks. He missed the divisional-round playoff game in Green Bay.
Oct 30, 2022 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 "It just got rolled up a little bit," Kupp said. "Foot got caught, but I think it was able to slide out of there before there was too much damage done, and so, we'll see over these next few days how it responds."
Nov 13, 2022 NFL Pedal Ankle (high) Sprain Grade 3 Kupp went down late in Week 10. He landed on IR and underwent November 16 surgery (tightrope procedure).
Aug 1, 2023 NFL Thigh Hamstring Strain Grade 2 Per HC Sean McVay, Kupp "came up a little bit in a red zone route." He returned in late August before sustaining a setback. The veteran has been placed on IR to begin the 2023 season.

Basic StatsCooper Kupp's Preseason Player Analysis

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Bottom Line

A Week 10 ankle injury ended Kupp’s 2022 season. But he was awesome before going down, ranking second among WRs in PPR points and third in non-PPR.

That, of course, followed a massive 2021 season that saw Kupp lead his position in fantasy points. He has now scored 16+ PPR points in 28 of 29 healthy games over the past 2 seasons.

With QB Matt Stafford back – and the Rams failing to upgrade the pass-catching corps this offseason – Kupp should be in for another busy and highly productive season.


What We Learned Last Year
  • Kupp’s 2022 season ended in Week 10 with a significant high-ankle sprain that required surgery.
  • He was a fantasy monster in eight healthy games, racking up:
    • 93 targets
    • 72 catches
    • 813 yards
    • 6 TDs
  • Here’s where those marks ranked among WRs through Week 9:
    • second in targets
    • second in catches
    • fourth in Yards
    • third in TDs
  • Kupp ranked second among WRs in PPR points and third in non-PPR through Week 9.
  • He finished as a top-15 PPR WR in seven of those eight games, including five top-5 finishes.
  • That followed a massive 2021 season that saw Kupp register a 145-1,947-16 line and lead WRs in both PPR and non-PPR points.
  • Kupp was actually better in most metrics last year than he was in 2021:



  • Kupp has scored 16+ PPR points in 28 of 29 healthy games over the past two seasons.

What to Expect in 2023
  • Although he hadn’t been fully cleared from last year’s ankle injury, Kupp participated in June minicamp. He should be back to 100% well before the start of the 2023 season.
  • QB Matt Stafford is also back with the Rams after missing the final seven games of last year with a spinal cord contusion. He was able to take part in offseason workouts.
  • Durability is a concern with the 35-year-old Stafford. On top of that spinal cord injury, he also sustained two concussions last season and dealt with elbow tendonitis. Stafford’s career injury history is lengthy.
  • The Rams drafted QB Stetson Bennett in Round 4 of this year’s draft and signed QB Brett Rypien. They’ll compete for the No. 2 QB job – but either guy would be a significant downgrade from Stafford.
  • The Rams traded WR Allen Robinson, who saw 52 targets in 10 games last year, to the Steelers. Additions to the pass-catching corps: Fifth-round rookie WR Puka Nacua, WR Demarcus Robinson, fifth-round rookie TE Davis Allen, and TE Hunter Long. WRs Van Jefferson, Tutu Atwell, and Ben Skowronek, and TEs Tyler Higbee and Brycen Hopkins return.
  • Kupp should again see a huge share of Rams targets this season.
  • Kupp turned 30 in June. Our aging-curve research shows that WRs of Kupp’s quality produce, on average, at 88-93% of their peak at age-30.
  • 88% of Kupp’s peak production would be 385 PPR points, which would have led all WRs last season.
  • Kupp has played a full NFL season in just two of six tries. His injury history includes three knee injuries, including a 2018 torn ACL, and one concussion.

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Cooper Kupp, WR LAR

2:38pm EDT 9/15/23

Rams "hopeful" Cooper Kupp returns Week 5

Rams HC Sean McVay wouldn't put a timeline on WR Cooper Kupp's return when asked on Friday. But he said the Rams are “hopeful” that Kupp will be back when first eligible in Week 5. Kupp remains worth stashing in all fantasy leagues. We'll keep you updated on his status.

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Rams HC Sean McVay conceded Friday that there's a "definite possibility" that WR Cooper Kupp lands on IR with his hamstring injury. That move would come on Saturday and knock Kupp out for the first four games of the season. It'd be a blow to Kupp's fantasy owners -- but the top priority here should be making sure this hamstring injury is truly behind him before putting him back on the field. Stay tuned.

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Rams HC Sean McVay said that he'd know more about WR Cooper Kupp's hamstring on Wednesday. Kupp is visiting a specialist in Minnesota to get another opinion on the injury. “You want to be able to just take it a day at a time,” McVay said. “We’re hopeful that this will give some clarity once he goes and talks to these doctors. It doesn’t fall in alignment with some of the things that have ended up occurring relative to the standard strains of the hamstring just based on what’s occurred over the last month and a half.” The last part of that quote is particularly worrisome. At this point, we'd be very surprised if Kupp plays in the opener vs. the Seahawks. And he could miss time beyond that. We'll continue to keep you updated on the situation.

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Rams HC Sean McVay hinted that WR Cooper Kupp (hamstring) might not be ready for the season opener. “It’s just tricky,” McVay said. "There’s a difference between ‘return to play’ and ‘return to performance’. We want ‘return to performance’ for Cooper Kupp, and we know how special of a player, how special of a person he is. We want to make sure that we’re smart with that and getting him back to feeling like the Cooper Kupp that we all know — and that he is able to play the way he is capable of, whenever that is. Whether that’s Sept. 10 or not, we’ll continue to monitor that and control what we can control.” Kupp was sidelined for about three weeks with his initial hamstring injury. We don't know how this setback compares in terms of severity, but it wouldn't be surprising if he was out a similar length of time. For now, we've trimmed one game off Kupp's projections. See where he lands in the WR rankings.

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Rams WR Cooper Kupp (hamstring) told reporters on Thursday that he's on track to play Week 1. That's been our expectation all along. Kupp remains a top-4 player in our overall PPR rankings.

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