49ers Add Veteran Wide Receiver Brandin Cooks to Practice Squad
The short version
- 49ers are signing WR Brandin Cooks to their practice squad, per ESPN's Adam Schefter
- Cooks was the No. 20 overall pick by the Saints in the 2014 NFL draft
- He is a 12-year veteran who played for the Saints and Bills last season
- The signing follows an injury to wide receiver Demarcus Robinson
San Francisco is bringing in the 12-year NFL veteran after an injury to Demarcus Robinson left the team short-handed at wide receiver.
The San Francisco 49ers are signing wide receiver Brandin Cooks to their practice squad, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Cooks enters the NFL in 2014, when the New Orleans Saints selected him with the 20th overall pick in the draft. He has played 12 seasons in the league.
Last year, Cooks spent time with both the Saints and the Buffalo Bills.
The move comes after Demarcus Robinson's injury left San Francisco thin at wide receiver.
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