Redskins: Tight End Chris Cooley Released

(Aug. 28, 2012) - The Washington Redskins released veteran tight end Chris Cooley Tuesday, one of the most popular players since joining the team in 2004 and a fixture in the Loudoun community where he owns The Cooley Gallery in downtown Leesburg.


Cooley's best statistical season came in 2008 when he caught a personal best 83 passes for 849 yards. He totaled 849 yards also in 2010 on 77 catches. Cooley had just six touchdown catches in the past four seasons after averaging nearly seven TDs a season in his first four years in Washington (six in '04, seven in '05, six in '06 and eight in '07).

The 6-foot-3, 243-pound Cooley played at Utah State where he was drafted by the Redskins in the third round by the Redskins. Cooley was limited by injuries to seven games in 2009 and five games last season.