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Marquis Cooper

Retired

Las Vegas Raiders · LB

Marquis Cooper recorded 28 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 5 rostered seasons with Oakland Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

▶Best highlights

1.3

tackles/gm

2

playoff games

5

indexed seasons

28

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Marquis Cooper's most significant indexed performances.

Divisional Round
2006
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
CHICAGOBEARS
JAN 14, 2007

Seattle Seahawks vs Chicago Bears

Divisional Round · Jan 14, 2007

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2005
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
JAN 7, 2006

Washington Commanders vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Wild Card · Jan 7, 2006

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2005
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 9, 2005

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 9, 2005

6 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2005
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 20, 2005

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 20, 2005

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2005
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
SEP 11, 2005

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Sep 11, 2005

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Marquis Cooper's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 6 total tackles · 1 sack

Regular Season
2005
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 9, 2005

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 9, 2005

6 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Marquis Cooper's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1996–2004

01
TBCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
TBBROOKS55Derrick Brooks
TBSAPP99Warren Sapp

Dungy builds it; Gruden finishes it

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The championship defense

The Tampa 2 defense restored the franchise, and Jon Gruden's arrival supplied the offense and edge needed to dominate Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Franchise era

2005–2013

02
TBCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
TBBARBER20Ronde Barber
TBWILLIAMS24Cadillac Williams

Intermittent winners give way to another reset

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · After the first title

Tampa Bay won two more divisions but could not rebuild the champion's core as the roster cycled through young quarterbacks.

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Franchise era

1992–2006

03
PITCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1999–2009

04
SEACOOPER—Marquis Cooper
SEAHASSELBECK8Matt Hasselbeck
SEAALEXANDER37Shaun Alexander

Hasselbeck and Alexander reach the Super Bowl

Seattle Seahawks · Holmgren builds an NFC champion

Paul Allen stabilized the club, Holmgren built around an elite line and the 2005 Seahawks won the NFC behind Alexander's MVP season.

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Franchise era

2001–2013

05
MINCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
MINPETERSON28Adrian Peterson
MINALLEN69Jared Allen

A singular runner carries changing teams

Minnesota Vikings · The Peterson years

Peterson returned from major knee surgery to rush for 2,097 yards, while Brett Favre's 2009 season produced another painful NFC title-game finish.

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Franchise era

2000–2010

06
JAXCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
JAXTAYLOR28Fred Taylor
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

A physical offense keeps Jacksonville dangerous

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Explosive backs and a powerful defense produced several strong teams, including the 2007 group that won a playoff game in Pittsburgh.

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Franchise era

2007–2021

07
PITCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
PITROETHLISBERGER7Ben Roethlisberger
PITPOLAMALU43Troy Polamalu

Stability survives constant roster change

Pittsburgh Steelers · Tomlin, Ben and another title

Mike Tomlin won Super Bowl XLIII in his second season and kept Pittsburgh in contention through elite defenses and increasingly explosive passing teams.

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Franchise era

2002–2015

08
LVCOOPER—Marquis Cooper
LVGANNON12Rich Gannon
LVASOMUGHA21Nnamdi Asomugha

The veteran peak collapses into constant turnover

Las Vegas Raiders · A Super Bowl and the wilderness

Oakland reached Super Bowl XXXVII but then endured thirteen seasons without a winning record as coaches and quarterbacks cycled.

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Career accomplishments

5 NFL seasons28 career games32 career solo tackles1 career sacksDrafted by: TBDraft pick: 79Jersey: 952 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 12, 2004Most recent: Dec 28, 2008

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history