Brandin Cooks is entering his fifth season in the NFL after being picked 20th overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 2014 NFL Draft. Cooks is 24-years-old and has played with the Saints and New England Patriots.

Brandin Cooks is on the final year of his rookie deal as a 5th-year option. He is expected to make $8.5 million in 2018, which is the same as Odell Beckham Jr.'s current contract for 2018.

In 2017, Brandin Cooks had 65 receptions, 1,082 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He ranked second on the team in all three categories behind tight end Rob Gronkowski. Cooks ranked 11th in the NFL for receiving yards.

Brandin Cooks is one of five players with three straight 1,000-yard seasons since 2015. The other four players are Antonio Brown, Mike Evans, Larry Fitzgerald and Julio Jones.

Brandin Cooks is one of only three players with 1,000-or-more receiving yards and five-or-more receiving touchdowns in each of the last three seasons. The other two are Antonio Brown and Larry Fitzgerald.

No Patriots receiver in the Tom Brady era (since 2001) has averaged more yards per reception in a season (minimum of 50 receptions) than Brandin Cooks in 2017. Cooks recorded 16.6 receiving yards per reception which ranked fourth in the NFL.

Brandin Cooks has now been traded twice in his career. In 2017, the Saints traded Cooks and a fourth round pick for 32nd pick Ryan Ramczyk and third round pick Trey Hendrickson. In 2018, the Patriots traded Cooks and a fourth round pick to the Rams for a first and sixth round pick.

The New England Patriots will now have four picks in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft; two first round picks and two second round picks. They hold the 23rd, 31st, 43rd and 63rd overall picks. The Patriots have not had a first round pick since 2015.

Brandin Cooks adds to a noteworthy group of offseason acquisitions by the Los Angeles Rams, joining the ranks of Ndamukong Such, Aqib Talib, Marcus Peters and Sam Shields.