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An Eagles wideout is raising eyebrows at training camp and it’s not just for his catches on the practice field.
Eagles rookie wide receiver Riley Cooper stands out in a crowd -- heck it’s hard to miss a 6-foot-3, 222-pounder with long flowing locks.
Just days into camp his surfer-dude hairdo had already earned a nickname from his new teammates.
"They all call me 'Sunshine,'" he joked.
The reference is to a character in the movie Remember the Titans. The Eagles fifth-round draft pick out of Florida though isn’t going to let some teammates giving him a hard time lead him to change a thing.
"I'm not cutting it," Cooper said with a smile.
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Maybe the hair is where Cooper gets his power -- or maybe it's his size.
"I'm a little different type of receiver than all those other boys -- they’re a little bit smaller," he told reporters. "I'm kinda big, physical."
Cooper hopes that physicality can land him a spot on the Eagles roster. Of course once he gets to Philly he might need a good barber who knows how to trim long hair.
