'Professor Cope': NFL linebacker's offseason job? Teaching 'Life 101'

[TokyoJetsFan]

PHILADELPHIA -- When Brandon Copeland steps in the classroom at the University of Pennsylvania, he isn't viewed as a New York Jets linebacker heading to free agency next month. He isn't seen as a Wharton graduate returning to his alma mater.

In front of these 30 students, he is something else.

He is Professor Cope.

 

This is a first for the 27-year-old and a rarity for an active NFL player. From 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Copeland works at the offseason job: co-professor of URBS 140, Inequity and Empowerment, Urban Financial Literacy along with Dr. Brian Peterson, the director of Makku, Penn's Black Cultural Center.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26047951/professor-cope-nfl-linebacker-offseason-job-teaching-life-101

 

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