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Chip Cox No. 11 Montreal Alouettes Date of birth: June 24, 1983 Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio Career information Status: Active CFL status: Import Position(s): LB Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight: 185 lb (84 kg) College: Ohio High school: Beechcroft Organizations As player: 2005
2006
2007
2007–presentDetroit Lions*
Montreal Alouettes
Washington Redskins*
Montreal AlouettesCareer highlights and awards CFL All-Star: 2009, 2011 CFL East All-Star: 2009, 2010, 2011 Playing stats at CFL.ca Playing stats at NFL.com Chip Cox (born June 24, 1983) is a Canadian football linebacker for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
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High school career
Cox lettered three years in both track and football at Beechcroft High School in Columbus, earning special mention all-state recognition in football his senior year. Cox became a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do in his Junior year.
College career
As a player for the Ohio Bobcats, Cox recorded 240 career tackles (176 solo), nine tackles for losses, five sacks, four interceptions, 29 passes defended, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three blocked field goals. He holds the Ohio school record for the 40 yard dash (4.37 seconds), and started every game his sophomore and junior years, but battled injuries as a senior, only playing in nine games. He was also a member of the Ohio Bobcats track and field team, where he was a premiere sprinter and placed sixth in the 100 meter dash at the 2004 Mid-American Conference championships.
Professional career
Cox was originally signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 28, 2005, and he spent the 2005 training camp and preseason with the team. However, Cox was released on August 30, and he subsequently played in the CFL for the Montreal Alouettes. On January 9, 2007, he was signed by the Washington Redskins but was cut before training camp and returned to Montreal. After switching to the linebacker position for the 2009 season, Cox led the CFL in forced fumbles and capped off the year by winning the 97th Grey Cup with the Alouettes.
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Montreal Alouettes current roster Active roster 1 Tad Crawford | 2 Brandon Whitaker | 4 Ricky Santos | 5 Adrian McPherson | 6 Sean Whyte | 7 John Bowman | 8 Kerry Carter | 9 Anwar Stewart | 10 Marc-Olivier Brouillette | 11 Chip Cox | 12 Sandro DeAngelis | 13 Anthony Calvillo | 14 Brandon London | 17 Billy Parker | 18 Jamel Richardson | 19 S. J. Green | 20 Perry Floyd | 24 Jeff Hecht | 29 Kitwana Jones | 30 Dahrran Diedrick | 33 Dwight Anderson | 35 De'Audre Dix | 37 Martin Bédard | 40 Diamond Ferri | 44 Brian Ridgeway | 45 Paul Woldu | 46 Walter Spencer | 52 Ramon Guzman | 54 Jeff Perrett | 57 Scott Flory | 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain | 59 Josh Bourke | 60 Andrew Woodruff | 64 Ryan Bomben | 69 Eric Wilson | 80 Éric Deslauriers | 81 Kerry Watkins | 85 Brian Bratton | 90 Chima Ihekwoaba | 95 Moton Hopkins | 96 J.P. Bekasiak | 97 Ryan Lucas | 98 Jermaine McElveen |
Practice roster 0 Bo Bowling | 0 Micheaux Robinson | 23 Seth Williams | 25 Greg Laybourn | 32 Rashaud Slaughter | 34 Emmanuel Marc | 42 Justin Conn | 50 John Hashem
Inactive list 3 Tim Maypray | 15 Josh Neiswander | 21 Michael Giffin | 22 Étienne Boulay | 31 Mark Estelle | 38 Curtis Dublanko | 39 Jerald Brown | 41 Shea Emry | 43 John Surla | 51 Kristian Matte | 72 Jeff Robertshaw | 82 Danny Desriveaux
East: HAM · MON · TOR · WIN • West: BC · CAL · EDM · SAS Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- African American players of Canadian football
- American football defensive backs
- American players of Canadian football
- Canadian football defensive backs
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Ohio University alumni
- Ohio Bobcats football players
- People from Columbus, Ohio
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