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.

[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.

[6] Copeland attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was the captain of the 2012 Ivy League championship winning team.

Copeland suffered a torn pectoral in the Lions' first preseason game of 2017 and was ruled out for the season.

In week 9 against the Miami Dolphins, Copeland recorded a team high 9 tackles and sacked Ryan Fitzpatrick once in the 26–18 loss.

[23] 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.