Cooper Kupp reveals how he got Uchenna Nwosu to give him No. 10 jersey

Cooper Kupp is going to wear his familiar No. 10 when he makes his Seahawks debut, while Uchenna Nwosu gets Geno Smith’s old number.

New Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp is synonymous with wearing the No. 10 on his uniform, and that trend isn’t stopping with his new team.

The former Eastern Washington and Los Angeles Rams star was able to get the No. 10 away from veteran Seahawks pass rusher Uchenna Nwosu. Usually there is some financial involvement in order to swap uniform numbers, but this one was slightly different and very charitable… literally.

“He’s got a foundation that’s doing some really good stuff here in the community, and it was important for that to be part of this change,” Kupp said. “He was great to work with, and (I was) able to donate to his foundation and make sure that he felt good about that. He mentioned he’s played his best football in No. 10, and it had been important to him, and just his time in Seattle and clearly the community was an important part of this whole thing. So I respect his desires there, and able to work it out, and thankful for him being able to work something out for us.”

You love to see it. If you want to find out more (and/or donate to) Uchenna Nwosu’s charity, check this link out. Nwosu was the Seahawks’ Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee for the 2024 season.

It seems as if Kupp has been quickly won over by his teammates, including a reuniting with linebacker Ernest Jones IV.

“Ernest talked a lot about just how when he came in here, just the way he was welcomed in and the way the guys went to work, the communication they had, the way that they operated as one on defense, and that’s a huge thing defensively,” Kupp said. “Like defenses only work if you’re playing as one unit. He just had incredible things to say about his time here last year with the guys. Then Jaxon (Smith-Njigba), he said a lot of the same stuff. He just loved the coaching staff. He loved the way the guys were treated, the way the organization was run, and he said, he’s just having the time of his life playing football.

“You’re like, that’s a huge thing. If guys are having fun, you’re going to be at your best when you’re enjoying it and if you can create that environment and to still be here, all these guys are going to go to work, good things will happen.”

Nwosu, incidentally, will wear No. 7, which was Geno Smith’s number prior to being traded to the Las Vegas Raiders. That was Nwosu’s former number when he played in high school.