Bret Cooper (born December 16, 1970) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player who played twelve seasons in the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

(AFL) with the

Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm were a professional arena football team based in Tampa, Florida, US. It played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally the team was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and operated as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. The f ...

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San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats were a professional arena football team based in San Jose, California. The SaberCats had been members of the Arena Football League (AFL) since 1995 (the year in which the team was founded); and until 2015, they belonged to ...

Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, and played its ...

, Buffalo Destroyers and

Georgia Force The Georgia Force was an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States (part of suburban Atlanta) that played in the South Division of the American Conference. The team was owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Je ...

. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

at the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

and attended

Miami Killian High School Miami Killian Senior High School is a secondary school located at 10655 SW 97th Ave, Miami, FL 33176 in the Kendall area of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System. Miami Killi ...

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Professional career

Cooper played for the

of the AFL in 1994. He played for the AFL's

from 1995 to 1996. He played for the

of the AFL in 1997. Cooper played for the

of the AFL from 1998 to 2001, earning First Team All-Arena honors in 2000. He was released by the Predators on November 15, 2001. He signed with the AFL's Buffalo Destroyers on January 24, 2002. Cooper was released by the Destroyers on March 4, 2003. He was signed by the

of the AFL on March 13, 2003. He signed with the Orlando Predators on October 22, 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Bret Living people 1970 births Players of American football from Miami American football wide receivers American football defensive backs UCF Knights football players Tampa Bay Storm players Memphis Pharaohs players San Jose SaberCats players Orlando Predators players Buffalo Destroyers players Georgia Force players Miami Killian Senior High School alumni