No specifics about the injury were provided.
He also became the sixth Raiders rookie to ever reach the Pro Bowl, per Raiders media relations assistant Adam Klionsky.
Cooper is notoriously hard on himself and late in the season said he didn’t think he had earned a spot in the Pro Bowl.
PFF also named the Raiders’ Mike Tice as its first runner-up for Offensive Line Coach of the Year.
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is headed to Hawaii. Carr, who hails from Bakersfield and played in college at Fresno State, has been with the Raiders since 2014. He threw for 3,987 yards along with 32 touchdowns and a 91.1 passer rating. Super Bowl players do not participate in the Pro Bowl, which takes place one week before the National Football League championship game.
Carr was excited about the honor, which offers further proof that he’s the team’s franchise quarterback of the future. The only other Raiders quarterbacks to land Pro Bowl spots were Daryle Lamonica, Ken Stabler and Jeff Hostetler. Third, I want to thank everyone who voted for me and all of the opposing players and coaches that voted for me. “That means more to me than you know!” He joins Woodson (1998), Tim Brown (1988), Marcus Allen (1982), Ray Guy (1973) and Raymond Chester (1970) as the only Raiders rookies in history to make the Pro Bowl. His predecessor, Brett Favre, was selected to nine Pro Bowls during his 16-year Packers career, but he played in just four of them.
The Pro Bowl will be played on January 31 in Honolulu.