It took Brandon Copeland two years before he made it to an NFL 53-man roster, breaking back into the league after running a 4.51 40-yard dash at a 2015 veteran free agent camp after spending the 2013 with the Ravens in training camp and then the Titans practice squad. He was out of football in 2014 but never gave up and was rewarded by becoming a core special teamer for the Lions in 2015, playing in all 16 games.
Since that time, Copeland's versatility has helped him carve out a solid NFL role, one that has not been without additional adversity with a torn pec causing him to miss the entirety of the 2017 season.