Brandon Copeland (linebacker)
Brandon Matthew Copeland (born July 2, 1991) is an American former football linebacker who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2013 and also played for the Tennessee Titans, Detroit Lions, New York Jets, New England Patriots, and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Early life[edit]
Copeland is from Sykesville, Maryland.[1] He is the grandson of former Baltimore Colts defensive end Roy Hilton.[2] Copeland graduated from the Gilman School[3] where he played 3 sports: football, basketball and track. During his senior year of high school, Copeland was awarded the position of team captain.[4]
He was on the championship squad at the 2006 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association.[5] He received the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete of the Year Award in 2008 and was an Academic All-State team honoree the same year.[6]
College career[edit]
Copeland attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was the captain of the 2012 Ivy League championship winning team.[7] He graduated from the Wharton School with a Bachelor of Science in economics.
Personal life[edit]
Copeland interned at the investment bank UBS over two summers during college and has since returned to Penn to teach a financial literacy seminar with Dr. Brian Peterson, the director of Penn's Makuu Black Cultural Center.[24] He has also appeared on the Netflix series “Buy My House” in 2022.