How do you top winning the Super Bowl and being named MVP of American football's biggest game? If you're Cooper Kupp, you try to win another with your childhood team.
Wide receiver Kupp, who hails from Washington state, joined the Seattle Seahawks last March, after he was released by the Los Angeles Rams. The Seahawks play the New England Patriots in Sunday's NFL championship decider.
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