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Derek Cox No. 21 Jacksonville Jaguars Cornerback Personal information Date of birth: September 22, 1986 Place of birth: Winterville, North Carolina Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 190 lb (86 kg) Career information College: William & Mary NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 Debuted in 2009 for the Jacksonville Jaguars Career history - Jacksonville Jaguars (2009–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - N/A
Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2011 Tackles 140 Interceptions 8 Pass deflections 21 Stats at NFL.com Derek Sinclair Cox (born September 22, 1986 in Winterville, North Carolina) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at William & Mary.
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High school career
Cox attended Junius H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina. He played with New York Giants running back Andre Brown.[1]
College career
Cox was a four-year starter for William & Mary. He was a two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association selection and finished his senior season tied for fifth in the CAA with four interceptions and returned a pair of those for touchdowns.[2]
Professional career
2009 NFL Draft
Despite not being invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, Cox was selected by the Jaguars in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft.[3]
Jacksonville Jaguars
In his first NFL game, Cox intercepted a Peyton Manning pass aimed for Reggie Wayne and also got a fumble recovery.[4] Cox finished his rookie season with 72 tackles and 4 interceptions.[5]
NFL awards and honors
References
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profiles/derek-cox?id=238354
- ^ http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2009/wms-derek-cox-drafted-in-nfls-third-round-123.php
- ^ http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1251034
- ^ http://espn.go.com/blog/afcsouth/post/_/id/4273/rookie-surprise-jaguars-cb-derek-cox
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/players/derekcox/profile?id=COX192709
- ^ http://www.athlonsports.com/pro-football/18511/nfl-athlons-all-rookie-team
- ^ http://www.ourlads.com/allrookie/
External links
Jacksonville Jaguars 2009 NFL Draft selections Eugene Monroe • Eben Britton • Terrance Knighton • Derek Cox • Mike Thomas • Jarett Dillard • Zach Miller • Rashad Jennings • Tiquan UnderwoodJacksonville Jaguars current roster Active roster 2 Nick Harris | 10 Josh Scobee | 11 Blaine Gabbert | 12 Luke McCown | 17 Chastin West | 18 Brian Robiskie | 21 Derek Cox | 22 Kevin Rutland | 24 Montell Owens | 25 Dwight Lowery | 26 Dawan Landry | 29 William Middleton | 30 Drew Coleman | 32 Maurice Jones-Drew | 33 Greg Jones | 34 T. J. Heath | 35 Deji Karim | 36 Courtney Greene | 38 Ashton Youboty | 42 Chris Prosinski | 44 Brock Bolen | 48 Jeremy Cain | 50 Russell Allen | 51 Paul Posluszny | 52 Daryl Smith | 55 Clint Session | 59 Mike Lockley | 62 John Estes | 63 Brad Meester | 65 Will Rackley | 67 Jason Spitz | 68 Guy Whimper | 69 Leger Douzable | 74 Aaron Kampman | 75 Eugene Monroe | 77 Uche Nwaneri | 78 Cameron Bradfield | 80 Mike Thomas | 81 Kassim Osgood | 83 Jason Hill | 84 Cecil Shorts | 85 Fendi Onobun | 87 Jarett Dillard | 88 Zach Potter | 89 Marcedes Lewis | 90 Matt Roth | 91 George Selvie | 93 Tyson Alualu | 94 Jeremy Mincey | 96 Terrance Knighton | 97 John Chick | 98 Nate Collins | 99 C. J. Mosley
Reserve lists 3 Scotty McGee (IR) | 15 Mike Sims-Walker (IR) | 20 Rod Issac (IR) | 23 Rashad Jennings (IR) | 27 Rashean Mathis (IR) | 43 Terrell Whitehead (IR) | 56 Kyle Bosworth (IR) | 57 Marc Schiechl (IR) | 72 Kevin Haslam (IR) | 73 Eben Britton (IR) | 86 Zach Miller (IR) | 92 Austen Lane(IR) | 95 D'Anthony Smith (IR) | -- Aaron Morgan (IR) | -- Richard Murphy (IR) | -- Martin Rucker (IR)
Practice squad 31 Talmadge Jackson | 40 DuJuan Harris | 41 Matt Estrada | 46 Colin Cloherty | 58 Stephen Franklin | 66 George Bussey | 76 Daniel Baldridge | 95 Corvey Irvin
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name Cox, Derek Alternative names Short description Date of birth September 22, 1986 Place of birth Winterville, North Carolina Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Winterville, North Carolina
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- American football cornerbacks
- William & Mary Tribe football players
- Jacksonville Jaguars players
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