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Ryan Martin
—Ryan Thomas Martin (Born June 3, 1998) is an American Comedian, Actor and rapper from Lake Bluff, Illinois

Early years —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Martin was born in Highland Park, Illinois the son of Merry and Jack Martin. He grew up in Lake Bluff, Illinois, where he attended Lake Forest High School and played Intramural basketball and ran track for the Lake Forest Scouts. Martin was a two-time champion of his fantasy football league winning in both 2013 and 2014, received all county honors for his amazing job at managing his teams. Rivals.com ranked him as the tenth-best Fantasy football manager in the state. Martin then went on to attend CLC after he graduated from high school and graduated with high honors and received a degree in music engineering and minored in acting. Martin's younger sister, Brynne, also attended the College if Lake County where she played for the ping pong team.

Music career —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— While attending Lake Forest high school, Martin met Jack Spano and they soon began collaborating together on rap tracks together. Their collaborations began at their friend claytons one night when Spano started playing some beats on an old speaker and Martin picked up an old karaoke microphone and began rapping to the beat. The first track the two ever cut together was called "Don't Like (Remix)". The song was meant as a dis track towards Martin's rival rapper Jacob Castano after the two had gotten into an altercation during the previous week. Martin did not hold back and the song was a success. After the song became popular Martin and Spano decided to go by different names to promote their rap careers and began to by Yung Martin and Spano Nation. The names caught on and their careers began to take off. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Spano Nation and Yung Martin —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Before Martin and Spano graduated from Lake Forest high school they began to record more songs together. Their next big hit was another remix to the song "Studio" by Schoolboy Q. The song was about one of martin's friends who had been constantly neglecting Martin and hadn't been there for him. The song was a way for martin to let out his anger and then Spano came in and gave a very smooth and quick verse that impressed many people. The next song the two recorded was another remix to the song "Started from the Bottom" by Drake, they took a more humorous approach to this song since the two were not from the bottom and actually grew up in really nice neighborhoods and had a good home life. Cooper batting for the Florida Gators baseball team

Cooper appeared in fourteen games for the Gators in his junior season, starting all but two (against Hawaii and Florida State). He hauled in a key touchdown, along with a season-high 51-yard reception, that put Florida in scoring position during the SEC Championship Game against Alabama. He totaled 28 yards on two receptions in the BCS National Championship Game, including a crucial 17-yard catch on 3rd-and-12. Cooper amassed 261 total yards on 18 receptions, three of which were touchdowns.[5]

Cooper totaled 961 yards on 51 receptions, with nine touchdowns and an average of 18.8 yards per catch.[6]

Baseball Cooper was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies out of high school in the 15th round of the 2006 MLB Draft. Cooper passed on the contract and played college baseball for the Florida Gators baseball team as an outfielder. He signed a deal to play baseball for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball but decided to delay his MLB career and returned to play football for the Gators football team in 2009. He was scheduled to get a physical and receive half of his $250,000 signing bonus on January 17, but declined and told the Rangers that his focus was football, thus voiding his baseball contract. [citation needed]

Professional career Philadelphia Eagles

Cooper was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round (159th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He was signed to a four-year contract on July 13, 2010.[7]

2010 Cooper caught his first NFL touchdown in a game against the Tennessee Titans on October 24, 2010.

He ended his first season with 7 receptions for 116 yards and 1 TD. Riley Cooper catches a pass vs. the Redskins during the Eagles 24-16 victory on November 17, 2013.

2011 He scored his second touchdown of his career against the New York Giants in week 10 of the 2011 NFL season on an 8-yard completion from Vince Young.

Coming off the bench, he posted 16 reception for 315 yards and a TD.

2012 He broke his collarbone on July 28, 2012 and missed time,[8] but did return mid-season and made a one-handed catch for a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys. He scored again in the second meeting of the season against the Cowboys, again on a one-handed catch.

While mostly a reserve, he ended the season with 23 reception for 248 yards and 3 touchdowns.

2013 Overall, this was Cooper's breakthrough season. In his last year of his rookie contract, he started the season used mostly for his blocking, rather than for his receiving ability. In the first 5 weeks, he posted 8 catches for 93 yards and 1 TD with Michael Vick at quarterback.

Cooper had a career game on Week 9 against the Oakland Raiders, where he posted 5 receptions for 139 yards (27.8 avg) and 3 touchdowns.

After a slow start, Cooper put together a solid season with 47 reception for 835 yards and 8 touchdowns, all career highs. He ended the season tied for third in the NFL with 17.8 yards per catch.[9]

2014

On February 27, Cooper signed an extension deal valued at $25 million over five years, with $8 million fully guaranteed.[10]

2015 Cooper against the Washington Redskins on October 4, 2015. Cooper continued to play with the Eagles during the 2015 season. In a game against the Dallas Cowboys on November 9, Cooper left the game with a foot injury.[11][12]