Rams Star WR Cooper Kupp Leaves Practice With Injury, per Reports

The 2021 Offensive Player of the Year was limited to just nine games last season with an ankle injury.

Towards the end of Tuesday’s practice, Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp left the field with trainers after apparently injuring himself while running a red zone route. Head coach Sean McVay told reporters after practice that he did not know what happened to Kupp, per The Athletic‘s Jourdan Rodrigue, or what the star wideout’s current status was.

Any absence from Kupp would certainly be a critical blow to the Rams offense. The 30-year-old was the league’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2021, leading the NFL in catches (145), receiving yards (1,947) and receiving touchdowns (16). He also was named the MVP of Super Bowl LVI, in which the Rams beat the Bengals, 23–20, with Kupp scoring the game-winning touchdown in the final two minutes.

Kupp signed a three-year, $80 million contract extension with the team prior to the start of last season. The 2022 campaign was a trying one for Kupp, who was limited to just nine games following an ankle injury. He finished the year with 812 yards on 75 catches and seven total touchdowns.