Amari Cooper is just 80 yards away from hitting the 1,000-yard mark in his rookie season.

“I think it will be a cool accomplishment,” Cooper said. “Of course I set a lot of individual goals but I haven’t reached any of them yet.”

He didn’t specify if the 1,000-yard mark is one of those goals and surely it’s been diminished as a major milestone in the NFL considering how much teams throw the ball these days. But it is still a big deal.

“It may not mean what it did at one time in terms of the number of guys that are able to make that accomplishment, but it’s still a sizable chunk of real estate that you’re collecting over a season,” coach Jack Del Rio said. “So yeah, it is significant.”

Randy Moss was the last Raiders player to top the 1,000-yard mark when when he caught 60 passes for 1,005 yards in his first of two relatively disappointing years in Oakland in 2005.

What makes Cooper’s accomplishment even better is fellow receiver Michael Crabtree, he of the four-year, $35 million extension signed Wednesday, is also on a 1,000-yard pace. They could become the first Raiders teammates to top 1,000 yards since Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Tim Brown did so in 2001.

“It would mean a lot,” Cooper said of that possibility. “It would mean we have two productive receivers on a team and that’s always a good thing.”

Crabtree speaks very highly of Cooper and says he has enjoyed mentoring and watching him during his rookie year. The youngster has also provided some motivation for the veteran.

“Since the day he stepped foot on the field, dude’s been working hard,” Crabtree said of Cooper. “Anything to get better. I just let Coop be Coop. He got it. He got the motivation and he got the ambition to be great. I’m just watching too at the same time. We’re making each other better. That’s a good thing.”