Adrian Cooper Madden Career 1993-1997 - Peak 82 OVR

Adrian Cooper was a fourth-round tight end out of Oklahoma who spent six seasons as a blocking and depth option, mostly with the Steelers and Vikings before a single year in San Francisco in 1996. He was a journeyman at a journeyman's position, catching a few passes and blocking when asked.

Madden's grades for him swing hard, as they do for a lot of role players. His best card was an 82 for the 1994 season with Minnesota, and his 49ers card crashed to a 22, one of those wild scraping errors that bear no relation to the actual player. The truth was a tight end somewhere in the middle, a serviceable backup.

Cooper finished with 87 catches for just over 1,000 yards and five touchdowns across his career, then was out of the league after 1996. He was a role player who did the unglamorous work at tight end for six years, and his lone 49ers season drew a 22 the game clearly did not mean. He deserved better than that number, though not by a lot.