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Is Cooper Manning A Success Or Failure

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Pranav Elavarthi
Independent Writing Project
6/4/18
Cooper Manning; Hero or Failure?
Chapter 1 During the offseason before his freshman season at Ole Miss, Cooper Manning felt numbness in his right bicep. Archie Manning, Cooper’s father, rushed him to the Mayo Clinic, where he underwent testing. The results of the tests would change his life forever. Cooper Manning was born on March 6, 1974, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cooper was the first child of Archie and Olivia Manning, and he is the oldest brother of Peyton and Eli Manning. Yup, that Peyton Manning. Cooper came from of a family of very talented quarterbacks, but unlike his brothers and father, he did not play quarterback. He decided to play wide receiver. His father once admitted he was …show more content…

At that time since most offenses were mostly dependent on the run game, one thousand yards was a big deal. The last person to have one thousand yards receiving in high school was Odell Beckham Jr. in 2010, and Odell is now a star wide receiver in the NFL, and Eli Manning’s favorite receiver. This great year during his senior season is what allowed Cooper to get a full scholarship to Ole Miss, or Mississippi University. Cooper decided to go to Ole Miss, which greatly helped his father, Archie, with his football career. But something just wasn’t …show more content…

Cooper’s injury also led to Peyton not playing as well as he could have in his junior year at Isidore Newman High School. In honor of Cooper, Peyton changed his number to 18, which was the number that Cooper wore during his time at Isidore Newman Middle and Highs School and at his short time at Ole Miss. If Cooper did not get hurt, God knows what he could have achieved. He could have played with either Peyton or Eli in the NFL, and won a number of Super Bowls, or he could have played with Tom Brady, and led the Patriots to even more Super Bowls. Due to his injury Cooper Manning is commonly known as the lost

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