WR Amari Cooper signing 1-year deal with Raiders

Veteran free agent wide receiver Amari Cooper is signing a one-year deal to return to the Las Vegas Raiders for the 2025 season.

BY FIELD LEVEL MEDIA

Aug 26, 2025, 6:33 AM

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Veteran free agent wide receiver Amari Cooper is signing a one-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to multiple media reports on Monday.

Cooper, 31, is returning to the organization that made him the fourth overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Amari Cooper played for the Oakland Raiders from 2015 to 2018, before being traded to Dallas during the 2018 season. He was traded two more times (to Cleveland and then Buffalo) before becoming a free agent following the 2024 season.

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Amari Cooper returns to the Raiders

Amari Cooper had 44 receptions for 547 yards and four touchdowns last season in 14 games with the Browns and Bills. All three categories were a career low for Cooper.

The five-time Pro Bowler enters the Raiders organization just hours after the team received a trade request from fellow receiver Jakobi Meyers.

Meyers is entering the final year of his contract and has reportedly been trying to renegotiate his deal with the club.

–Field Level Media

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Las Vegas wide receiver Jakobi Meyers requested to be traded, but the Raiders have no plans to do so, NFL Network and ESPN reported Monday.

Meyers, who is entering the final season of a three-year, $33 million deal, reportedly initially attempted to renegotiate his contract but the two sides could not come to an agreement on new terms.

Jakobi Meyers is owed $10.5 million in guaranteed salary in 2025.

Meyers met with team brass recently to request a trade, but the Raiders cited his value as a reason they have no plans to trade the 28-year-old, according to ESPN.