UTEP Miners pick up transfer, potential impact receiver from Arizona

UTEP lands transfer receiver from Arizona Bret Bloomquist, Wochit

RUIDOSO, N.M. — A week into fall camp, the UTEP football team is poised to make a dramatic improvement in its biggest area of need — wide receiver.

Dismissed Arizona receiver Devaughn Cooper, at one point projected to contend to be the Wildcats' No. 1 wideout, is transferring to UTEP.

Cooper, a junior, was dismissed in May for an undisclosed "violation of athletic department policy" after averaging 20.8 yards per catch — 18 receptions for 368 yards — in 2018. He was going to be the Wildcats' leading returning receiver.

Cooper had an 83-yard touchdown reception in Arizona's spring game and adds a speed dimension UTEP largely…