Cleveland wide receiver Amari Cooper did not attend the Browns’ minicamp last week, despite its designation as mandatory.

Each NFL team’s offseason program is voluntary for its players, except the mandatory minicamp. Cooper could have been fined $101,716 for skipping the three days of practice last week that concluded Cleveland’s offseason work.

It doesn’t appear the Browns will fine Cooper, but there’s also no indication the Cleveland will have an answer for the former Alabama All-American’s contract concerns by July 23, when the team’s veteran players are scheduled to report for training camp.

“It’s a standard practice for me that I don’t comment on contract specifics or discussions that we have with our players in this realm just because I do think it’s a pretty deeply personal matter for really anybody when you’re talking about compensation,” Browns general manager Andrew Berry said during an appearance on NFL Network on Monday. “What I will say about Amari, though, is since he’s been a member of the Cleveland Browns, he’s obviously been a high-level, Pro Bowl-caliber receiver. But he’s also a great teammate, and he’s a great professional.

“We’re happy to have him as a member of the organization. Sometimes all teams will have periods where they go through these types of situations, but it does not change our affinity for Amari. We’ll navigate, call it, the business considerations, the business aspects, as it goes, but he is a big part of our team, and, just as importantly, he’s a big part of our culture.”

Cooper recorded a career-high 1,250 yards on 72 receptions, with five touchdowns, in 2023. With his seventh 1,000-yard season, Cooper received his fifth Pro Bowl invitation.

Cooper is entering the final season of a five-year, $100 million contract that he signed with the Dallas Cowboys.

In 2022, Cleveland obtained Cooper and a sixth-round selection in the 2022 NFL Draft from Dallas for 2022 fifth- and sixth-round draft picks. Cooper was two seasons into his contract when it became too rich for the Cowboys’ taste after he had 68 receptions for 865 yards and eight touchdowns in 2021. Dallas traded Cooper just days before his $20 million salary for the 2022 season was to become guaranteed.

When Cooper signed the contract with Dallas in 2020, he had the only $100 million deal among the NFL’s wide receivers. This season, the Las Vegas Raiders’ Davante Adams, Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown and Miami Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill will play on contracts with a total value of more than $100 million.

The $20 million annual average of Cooper’s contract is now tied for the 20th highest among the NFL’s wide receivers, and his $20 million pay for 2024 will be the 12th highest among the NFL’s wide receivers.

Cooper has 667 receptions for 9,486 yards and 60 touchdowns during his NFL career. Only two of the 11 wide receivers who will be paid more than Cooper in 2024 meet those numbers. Only two of the 11 matched Cooper’s numbers in those statistical categories for the 2024 campaign.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.