Rams' Jared Cook receives special congressional medal

St. Louis Rams tight end Jared Cook received a certificate of special congressional recognition from U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy on Wednesday.

Cook will serve as spokesman for a youth outreach group in St. Louis.

Cook was one of five Rams players who protested the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in August, 2014.

"'Hands up, don't shoot' is not just a Ferguson thing," Cook told Nick Wagoner of ESPN back in December. "It's a worldwide thing. People are doing it in New York, people are doing it in Florida, people are doing it on the West Coast. It's not just about Ferguson. It's a message worldwide that for young adults that you can protest and you can do things peacefully without getting out of line."