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Xavier Cooper (born November 30, 1991), nicknamed X, is an American football defensive end who plays for the Cleveland Browns NFL professional football team. He formerly played college football at Washington State University. ==Early years and high school== Cooper was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1993 to Louis Cooper, Jr. and his wife, Dawn Cooper. His father works for Port of Tacoma,〔 and was a former NAIA football All-American at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.〔 His mother is a social worker, and he has a sister, Keysha.〔 Cooper was an athletic child, working out and playing sports at the local YMCA. Zachary Smalls, a friend of his father's and a former standout Washington State University football receiver in the 1980s, ran a speed and agility training camp for atheltes 12 years old and up. Impressed with Cooper's speed, Smalls admitted the boy to his training camp even though Cooper was only 10 years old.〔 Cooper's parents, both of whom have master's degrees, realized early on that their son had a moderate learning disability. His reading comprehension was minimal, and he learned best through kinesthetic learning (doing, experiencing, moving, or touching).〔 Although Xavier was excited by sports, he was disinterested in school, so the Coopers allowed him to play sports only if he continued to go to school and study.〔 Initially, he enjoyed AAU basketball〔 and soccer, and was an excellent player due to his size and speed.〔 He did not begin playing football until the ninth grade. Cooper's secondary education was at Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma. He played both basketball and football in high school, but excelled in football. Cooper began taking three special education classes in his freshman year.〔〔 Nicknamed "X",〔〔 Cooper was initially embarrassed by having to enroll in these courses,〔 even though he had teammates sitting next to him in class. Although he overcame the embarrassment, he was taunted by his classmates.〔 Despite his parents' encouragement, Cooper often skipped classes and his grades were poor.〔〔 College football scouts, impressed with his athleticism, declined to recruit him, concluding that his academic struggles made him a high risk to drop out of college or fail to graduate.〔 Cooper also did poorly on his ACT and SAT college admission exams.〔 Cooper resolved to attend a junior college, until Mike Levenseller, a neighbor and former football coaching assistant at Washington State University (WSU), suggested "gray-shirting"—a process whereby Cooper would enroll at a Washington community college, taking classes that would enable him to enroll at WSU without passing entrance exams.〔 Cooper subsequently enrolled at Tacoma Community College, which delayed his entry at WSU from September 2010 to January 2011.〔 Cooper was angry that he had to sit out his 2010 season, but became reconciled to it.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xavier Cooper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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