From his late high school through college years, Kupp got to be a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It was a coup. Because of the superstardom of Peyton and Eli Manning, their academy has become the nation’s premier offensive football skills camp in the country for young players.

Wide receiver Cooper Kupp spent a lot of time talking about coming home in his first comments to the media since signing with the Seahawks, but the Washington native also talked about the circumstances that led him to Seattle.