{"id":84076,"date":"2026-01-11T19:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84076\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:59:37","slug":"philadelphia-eagles-cornerback-cooper-dejeans-brother-charged-with-owi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84076\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles Cornerback Cooper DeJean\u2019s Brother Charged with OWI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Cooper DeJean\u2019s brother was reportedly arrested on Sunday, January 11 \u2014 just hours before the Eagles host the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n

DeJean\u2019s brother, Beckett DeJean, was arrested for operating while intoxicated, according to TMZ Sports<\/a>. Jail records obtained by the outlet show that Beckett was taken into custody around 1 a.m. local time on Sunday in Iowa. It\u2019s his first DUI\/OWI offense, which is classified as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

Beckett, 20, is facing fines, a license suspension and possible jail time.<\/p>\n

Cooper, 22, has made a name for himself as an efficient cornerback for the reigning Super Bowl champions. He was named an NFL All-Pro this year, just his second season in the league.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tNikki Garcia bleeds Eagles green \u2014 especially if it means supporting defensive back Cooper DeJean. \u201cWalking into Sunday like\u2026. \ud83e\udd85\ud83d\udd25,\u201d Garcia, 42, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, December 28, ahead of the team\u2019s matchup against the Buffalo Bills. \u201c\u2018Been there, WON that.\u2019 \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc #FlyEaglesFly.\u201d Garcia uploaded throwback footage of herself wearing DeJean\u2019s jersey and team-branded [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Thanks in part to Cooper\u2019s stellar defensive play, the Eagles enter the playoffs as the No. 2 seed and the NFC East division champions with an 11-6 regular season record.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia hosts the 49ers at 4:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of guys that just love to fight and love to play for each other,\u201d Cooper said after the team\u2019s 13-12 win over the Buffalo Bills in Week 17. \u201cAny time you get guys who play for each other and have fun out there on the field it makes it easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He had a career-high nine tackles in that game.<\/p>\n

Cooper is rumored to be in a relationship<\/a> with former WWE wrestler Nikki Garcia<\/a>, 42, although their alleged romance has not been publicly confirmed.<\/p>\n

According to an exclusive source, Garcia has simply \u201cgone to a couple games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey have hung out,\u201d the insider told Us Weekly of the pair, after Garcia sparked dating speculation with Cooper towards the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

Garcia finalized her divorce from Artem Chigvintsev, with whom she shares a 5-year-old son, in 2024. The source said a relationship isn\u2019t on her radar at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is having fun and enjoying being single,\u201d the source said, adding that if Garcia isn\u2019t on the road, she\u2019s with her son.<\/p>\n

The dating rumors began in the fall of 2025 after Garcia attended an Eagles game and posed next to Cooper\u2019s locker.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo blessed for the people around me, new friends and old, who make life so special and fun \ud83e\udd0d\u2728\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc,\u201d she wrote via Instagram at the time. \u201cThank you Big Dom @daveophilly @nickyryan @philadelphiaflyers & @livecasinophl for spoiling me and my crew this weekend!\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia, a longtime Eagles fan, added: \u201cFly Eagles Fly! Truly THE city of brotherly love! \ud83d\udc9a\ud83e\udd85.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia also posted a photo of herself wearing Cooper\u2019s jersey<\/a> after a game earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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The 49ers \u2014 the No. 6 seed in the NFC bracket \u2014 finished third in a tough NFC West division despite the team\u2019s 12-6 record, forcing them to travel throughout the playoffs.<\/p>\n

A first-round matchup on the road against the defending Super Bowl champions is in order for the 49ers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean always with every place you go it starts with crowd noise,\u201d said 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday. \u201cThey\u2019re going to be going. You have to give them a reason to be quiet, if not it\u2019s a very challenging place to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Cooper DeJean\u2019s brother was reportedly arrested on Sunday, January 11 \u2014 just hours before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1681,69,71,70,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-84076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}