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Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 15

Green Bay Packers rookie linebacker Edgerrin Cooper was named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2024 season after producing a sack and an interception during Green Bay’s win over the Seattle Seahawks on “Sunday Night Football.”

Cooper, who previously won the award in Week 8, is the first Packers rookie win NFC Defensive Player of the Week — a weekly award started in 1984 — twice in a season, per the Packers. He’s also the first Packers player to win the award twice in a season since Clay Matthews in 2010.