Brandin Cooks
WR
Experience: 13 years
Height: 5-10
Age: 32
Weight: 189 lbs
College: Oregon State
Receiving
| YEAR | TEAM | G | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | 40+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 19 | 165 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 52.6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 26 | 259 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 19 | 73.1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 54 | 657 | 12.2 | 37 | 8 | 38 | 70.4 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 13 | 57 | 699 | 12.3 | 44 | 3 | 29 | 50.9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2021 | Houston Texans | 16 | 90 | 1037 | 11.5 | 52 | 6 | 45 | 50 | 12 | 5 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 15 | 81 | 1150 | 14.2 | 57 | 6 | 52 | 64.2 | 20 | 3 |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 42 | 583 | 13.9 | 57 | 2 | 32 | 76.2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 80 | 1204 | 15 | 57 | 5 | 56 | 70 | 22 | 4 |
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | 65 | 1082 | 16.6 | 64 | 7 | 42 | 64.6 | 18 | 7 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 78 | 1173 | 15 | 98 | 8 | 45 | 57.7 | 15 | 6 |
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 84 | 1138 | 13.6 | 71 | 9 | 45 | 53.6 | 18 | 5 |
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 53 | 550 | 10.4 | 50 | 3 | 25 | 47.2 | 4 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 173 | 734 | 9811 | 13.4 | 98 | 60 | 442 | 60.2 | 149 | 37 |
Rushing
| YEAR | TEAM | G | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 3 | -3 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Houston Texans | 16 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 15 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 173 | 58 | 341 | 5.9 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 32.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kick Return
| YEAR | TEAM | G | RET | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | |||||||||
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | |||||||||
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | |||||||||
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 13 | |||||||||
| 2021 | Houston Texans | 16 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 15 | |||||||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | |||||||||
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | |||||||||
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | |||||||||
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | |||||||||
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 173 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Punt Return
| YEAR | TEAM | G | RET | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | |||||||||
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | |||||||||
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | |||||||||
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 13 | |||||||||
| 2021 | Houston Texans | 16 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 15 | |||||||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | |||||||||
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | |||||||||
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 173 | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Fumbles
| YEAR | TEAM | G | FUM | LOST | FF | OWN FR | OPP FR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | ||||||
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | ||||||
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | ||||||
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 13 | ||||||
| 2021 | Houston Texans | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 15 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | 173 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 13 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Houston Texans | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2014 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 173 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
Cooks (5-10, 189) was originally drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round (20th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. Throughout his 12-year NFL career with the Saints (2014-16, 2025), New England Patriots (2017), Los Angeles Rams (2018-19), Houston Texans (2020-22), Dallas Cowboys (2023-24) and Buffalo Bills (2025), he has appeared 173 games (149 starts) and registered 734 receptions for 9,811 yards and 60 touchdowns through the air and added 58 carries for 341 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. He also appeared in nine postseason contests (eight starts) and totaled 40 receptions for 572 yards and three carries for 12 yards.
A 32-year-old native of Stockton, CA, Cooks attended Oregon State University for three seasons (2011-13) where he appeared in 38 games (29 starts) and registered 226 receptions for 3,272 yards and 24 touchdowns to go along with 61 carries for 340 yards and two touchdowns. As a junior in 2013, he earned First-Team All-American honors.