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There’s a lot of bad news to deliver on roster cut-down day, but sometimes there’s good news too.

Darius Cooper was the recipient of some on Tuesday.

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After an impressive training camp and preseason, the undrafted rookie receiver from Tarleton State officially defied the odds and made the Eagles’ initial 53-man roster.

“Obviously, it starts now,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said. “We tell all these guys, there's no scholarships in the NFL, they got to keep earning it. But he's done everything up to this point to earn the opportunity.”

There’s no doubt that Cooper (5-11, 210) did enough to earn a roster spot this summer. Not only did he make splash plays, but he was consiste

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