For Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks, Sunday’s Super Bowl is an opportunity for redemption.
Cooks was part of the New England Patriots in last year’s Super Bowl but left the game prematurely in the second quarter with a concussion. He never returned to the game, which the Patriots lost 41-33 to the Philadelphia Eagles.
After an offseason trade that sent him to the Rams, Cooks is thankful for another Super Bowl appearance.
“I’ve asked God to redeem me since that moment,” Cooks said in a post-game interview following the Rams’ NFC Championship victory over New Orleans. “I’d always pray, from that moment, to redeem me in such a way to glorify Him. And I think He’s doing that.”
A spiritual leader for the Rams, Cooks is always quick, whether in interviews or on social media outlets, to offer praise to God and to regularly quote from the Bible, which he says is “what’s gotten me here.”
“Like Paul said in Philippians, I know what it is like to be in need, to have want, to have everything,” Cooks told Baptist Press during Monday’s Super Bowl LIII Opening Night event at the State Farm Arena. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I know that’s why I’m here to this day and been blessed with such an amazing gift to play this game — not for myself, but to give God glory.”
Cooks was not raised in a Christian home but became a believer heading into college at Oregon State. His father died of a heart attack when Cooks was 6, so he knows about tragedy and challenges in life. The Bible has been a constant source of encouragement and nourishment for his soul.
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Source: Baptist Press
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