Oakland Raiders wideout Amari Cooper came in as the 87th best player in the NFL on the PFF 101 list, surpassing quarterback Derek Carr.

Oakland Raiders wideout Amari Cooper will hold some friendly bragging rights over his quarterback as the fourth overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft came in ahead of Derek Carr on Pro Football Focus’ Top 101 list. An impressive debut for Cooper after a rookie season where he lived up to his considerable hype coming out of Alabama as a Heisman finalist with the Crimson Tide.

While Carr came in at #92 on the list, Cooper cracked the Top 90 as the 87th best player in the league according to PFF senior analyst Sam Monson. Monson echoing similar sentiments he had regarding Carr with Cooper as he identified the Raiders wideout as a player who is on the cusp of becoming one of the best in the league at his position after showing early career potential.

The one area that earned Cooper a lower ranking was his drops during 2015. A league leading 18 drops putting a sour note on what was otherwise heaps of praise for Cooper’s 1000 yard season in his rookie year with the Raiders.

From PFF

87. Amari Cooper, WR, Raiders I was a huge fan of Amari Cooper coming out of college, because he did the little things so well and was already incredibly polished as a receiver. We saw that transfer to the NFL in 2015, as he caught 72 passes for 1,070 yards and six touchdowns. Only a staggering case of the drops (leading the league with 18) holds him back, but if he can fix that going forwards, he could immediately become one of the league’s best receivers and vault higher up this list. The potential he has in teaming up with Derek Carr should massively excite Raiders fans, because it excites me as an analyst, and I have no horse in the race.

It should be no surprise that Cooper found himself in the Top 101 after his rookie season, but it is interesting that he came in ahead of Carr despite his league-leading 18 drops. Both Carr and Cooper are part of a dynamic duo on offense that the Raiders are banking on as the cornerstones of a championship contending roster going forward. Already considered as future stars at their respective positions by the national media, it looks like the years to come should be bright for the Raiders aerial attack with Cooper and Carr running the show in Oakland.