Outside Linebacker · Denver Broncos

Jonathon Cooper

No. 0 · 6th season

Jonathon Cooper arrested on domestic violence charges in Colorado

He had been showing up to offseason work, doing what players do in the quiet months before the season gets loud. Then, on a Thursday night — or a Wednesday, depending on which record you read — Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper was arrested in Colorado on domestic violence charges.

Cooper plays linebacker for Denver. Beyond that, this report does not supply much personal background, and anything else would be guesswork — so the story starts here, with what happened.

According to court records and multiple news sources, the arrest stems from an alleged incident involving a phone. One source described it as a phone-biting incident.

Domestic violence charges carry real weight, for everyone involved. The legal process is now underway, and what comes next — for Cooper, for the people in that situation, for his place on the roster — is genuinely unresolved.

For now, the Broncos have a player facing serious allegations, and a season that hasn't started yet already has a harder question sitting inside it.

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