Amari Cooper is a man of few words, so his conditioning tips aren’t going to fill up a how-to book.
“If you go to the gym every day, you are going to get stronger,” the Raiders receiver said Saturday in Napa.
Six years ago, as a high school senior, the 6-foot-1 Cooper weighed 183 pounds. At Saturday’s first training camp practice, he came in a rock-solid 217 pounds, up from 210 last season.
“I always get bigger in the offseason because I’m training,” he said. “Hopefully, it translates on to the field.”
In 2016, Cooper and Michael Crabtree became the third Raiders duo to each record 1,000 yards receiving in one season, and this year Cooper seems poised to be a bigger red-zone target.