Education
Copeland attended the University of Tennessee.
Copeland attended the University of Tennessee.
He has played with the Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders, and Toronto Argonauts, as well as in the XFL and NFL Europe. While there, he posted 131 receptions for 1,300 yards (992 yards per rec avg). At Tennessee, he played with Peyton Manning and Jamal Lewis while wearing number six for the Volumes
Copeland played a year of NFL Europe football for the Barcelona Dragons.
He ended the season with a team leading 74 receptions for 821 yards (111 yards per rec avg) and six touchdowns. Copeland began his Canadian Football League career with the Montreal Alouettes in 2001 and played six games.
He was known for his flashy big plays and the famous long skull cap tail hanging out of his helmet during his time with the XFL. Copeland picked up Canadian Football League and CFLPA all-star honours in 2003 after piling up 99 receptions and 1757 receiving yards. Along with teammate Ben Cahoon, Copeland set a Canadian Football League record for most receiving yards by two teammates, amassing 3,318 yards between them.
In 2004, Copeland was one of four receivers with the Alouettes to eclipse the 1000-yard receiving mark (the others were Cahoon, Thyron Anderson, and Kwame Cavil), a Canadian Football League record which was repeated by the Alouettes the following year.
In 2005, Copeland was lured west to join the Calgary Stampeders after he entered free agency. In 2009, Copeland enjoyed his best season since 2003 when he recorded 1,235 receiving yards and led the league with 12 receiving touchdowns, earning Canadian Football League all-star honours that year. On February 17, 2010 Copeland was traded to the Toronto Argonauts in exchange for wide receiver P. K. Sam.
He was elected as the team"s offensive captain, leading an inexperienced receiving corps and being a crutch for inexperienced Canadian Football League quarterback Cleo Lemon.
With the team, he was reunited with former XFL teammate Noel Prefontaine. On November 3, 2011, he surpassed the 10,000 career receiving yard mark, becoming the 15th Canadian Football League player to do southern
On January 25, 2012, Copeland officially retired from the Canadian Football League after 11 seasons in professional football. After announcing his retirement, Copeland was named the wide receivers coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, joining former offensive coordinator George Cortez who was now the team"s head coach.
Following the 2012 season, Copeland left the Tiger-Cats to complete his degree at the University of Tennessee.
On February 20, 2015, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced that Copeland would be joining the team as their new receivers coach.