{"id":772,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/772","headline":"Broncos' Jonathon Cooper cleared to return in Week 7","dek":"The NFL lifted the outside linebacker's placement on the commissioner's exempt list, which stemmed from two June arrests tied to domestic incidents with his then-girlfriend.","body":"The NFL has removed Broncos outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper from the commissioner's exempt list, clearing him to play in Week 7.\n\nCooper had been placed on the list after two arrests in June connected to a pair of domestic incidents involving his then-girlfriend. Players on the exempt list are barred from team activities and games while the league reviews a case, even though they remain under contract and continue to receive pay.\n\nWith the designation lifted, Cooper is free to rejoin the Broncos and take the field again. No further details on the resolution of the underlying legal matters were included in the league's announcement.","published_at":"2026-10-16T23:48:26.301536+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Broncos' Jonathon Cooper removed from NFL's commissioner exempt list, can play in Week 7","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7697011/2026/10/16/jonathon-cooper-commissioner-exempt-list-broncos/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL removes Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper from Commissioner's Exempt List","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-removes-broncos-olb-jonathon-202245814.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"NFL removes Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper from Commissioner's Exempt List","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-removes-broncos-olb-jonathon-cooper-from-commissioners-exempt-list"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper removed from commissioner’s exempt list","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/broncos-olb-jonathon-cooper-removed-194258440.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Broncos OLB Jonathon Cooper has been removed from the Commissioner’s exempt list","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/broncos-olb-jonathon-cooper-removed-194438382.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reportedly reinstates Broncos' Jonathon Cooper after LB was placed on commissioner's exempt list for alleged domestic violence","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/nfl-reportedly-reinstates-broncos-jonathon-cooper-after-lb-was-placed-on-commissioners-exempt-list-for-alleged-domestic-violence-194947732.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reinstates Broncos' Jonathon Cooper after placing LB on exempt list following alleged incident of domestic violence","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/nfl-reinstates-broncos-jonathon-cooper-after-placing-lb-on-exempt-list-following-alleged-incident-of-domestic-violence-201036231.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Broncos' Cooper removed from exempt list, could still face league discipline","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50198029/broncos-jonathon-cooper-removed-nfl-commissioner-exempt-list"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jonathon Cooper is back for the Broncos, but the NFL’s personal conduct review isn’t over","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jonathon-cooper-back-broncos-nfl-211339662.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reinstates Broncos' Jonathon Cooper after placing LB on exempt list following pair of domestic incidents","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/nfl-reinstates-broncos-jonathon-cooper-after-placing-lb-on-exempt-list-following-pair-of-domestic-incidents-212058174.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Breaking News: NFL Make Final Decision on Broncos’ Jonathan Cooper","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/breaking-news-nfl-final-decision-230748686.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Broncos Star Posts Lengthy Statement After NFL Clears Path to Return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/broncos-star-posts-lengthy-statement-004515778.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/10/16161245/GettyImages-2251923990-scaled.jpg","credit":"The Athletic","width":2560},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}