Brandin Cooks is traded to the Dallas Cowboys, as Texans get a fifth and sixth-round pick
Brandin Cooks is traded to the Dallas Cowboys as the Texans get a fifth and sixth round pick in exchange for a nine-year veteran wide receiver.
Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks was traded to the Cowboys in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round pick and a 2024 sixth-round pick, according to reports.
Cooks, 29, has played in the league for nine years, spending the last two seasons with the Texans, for whom he played 13 times in 2022.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport first reported on the trade Sunday, in which the Cowboys will bolster their receiving ranks in their bid to reach the Super Bowl in 2023.
Cooks was drafted by the Saints 20th overall in the 2014 draft, and played in New Orleans for three seasons before being traded to the New England Patriots in 2017.
In the trade, the Saints got a 2017 first-round pick, as well as several second- and third-round picks. Cooks must earn a guaranteed $18 million in 2023.
Brandin Cooks has been traded from the Houston Texans to the Dallas Cowboys for picks
Cooks was drafted by the Saints in 2014 and has since played nine NFL seasons.
Cooks is the first player in NFL history with 1,000 receiving yards in three seasons for three teams.
He played 16 times in his one season in New England before being traded to the Los Angeles Rams, where he enjoyed his most productive season in 2018, with 80 receptions for 1,204 yards in 16 games.
He was traded to Houston in 2020 and played for the Texans for three seasons, notching 90 receptions in 2021 but just 57 in his most recent season.
Despite trade rumors leading up to last season, Cooks signed a two-year contract extension in Houston worth $39.6 million, with $36 million guaranteed.
Cooks is also the first player in NFL history with more than 1,000 receiving yards in three consecutive seasons with three different teams.