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Rams are reaping returns from receiver Pharoh Cooper on special teams

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Almost every time her son prepares to field a kickoff, when nerves overcome Tanya Cooper and it gets to be too much, she defaults to a tried-and-true game plan.

She turns her head to look away and asks her husband, Glenn - or anyone else nearby - an urgent question.

"What did he do? What did he do?"

Last Sunday at EverBank Field, for a reason she cannot explain, Tanya kept her eyes on Pharoh Cooper.

From a seat high above the field, she and about 20 family members and friends watched as he caught the opening kickoff three yards deep in the end zone and returned it 103 yards for

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