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Bryan Cox

Bryan Keith Cox

Position: LB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: February 17, 1968 in St. Louis, MO
College: Western Illinois

Career AV: 72 (523rd overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 5th round (113th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1991 23 MIA ROLB 51 13 13 2.0 61 5
1992*+ 24 MIA ROLB 51 16 16 14.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 127 18
1993 25 MIA RLB 51 16 16 5.0 1 26 0 26 4 0 4 1 0 122 8
1994* 26 MIA MLB 51 16 16 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 75 25 10
1995* 27 MIA MLB 51 16 16 7.5 1 12 0 12 3 0 1 0 0 95 24 10
1996 28 CHI MLB 52 9 9 3.0 1 0 3 0 1 45 14 6
1997 29 CHI MLB 52 16 15 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 68 33 7
1998 30 NYJ RLB 51 16 10 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 48 22 1 6
1999 31 NYJ LILB 51 12 11 1 27 1 27 2 0 1 0 0 32 13 5
2000 32 NYJ LILB 51 15 15 6.0 3 0 2 0 0 54 27 8
2001 33 NWE llb 51 11 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 34 15 5
2002 34 NOR 51 9 1 3 1 1
Career 165 145 51.5 4 65 1 27 1 22 0 14 10 1 764 174 1 89
5 yrs MIA 77 77 31.5 3 38 0 26 14 0 6 1 0 480 49 51
3 yrs NYJ 43 36 12.0 1 27 1 27 6 0 3 0 0 134 62 1 19
2 yrs CHI 25 24 8.0 2 0 4 0 1 113 47 13
1 yr NWE 11 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 34 15 5

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
2001 33 NWE llb 51 11 7 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 7 0 0
Career 165 145 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.0 0.0 7 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
2002 34 NOR 51 9 1 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Career 165 145 1 14 0 14 14.0 21

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1996 28 CHI MLB 52 9 9 1 1 6
1998 30 NYJ RLB 51 16 10 1 2
1999 31 NYJ LILB 51 12 11 1 1 6
Career 165 145 1 1 2 1 14
3 yrs NYJ 43 36 1 1 1 8
2 yrs CHI 25 24 1 1 6

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 John Mobley, Zach Thomas, Kendrell Bell, Lance Briggs, Jeremiah Trotter, Cornelius Bennett, Mike Singletary*, Isiah Robertson, Junior Seau, Duane Bickett
4 Chad Brown, Mike Singletary*, Randy Gradishar, Cornelius Bennett, Kevin Hardy, Lee Roy Caffey, Bill George*, Ray Lewis, Stan West, Andre Tippett*
5 Randall Godfrey, Dan Currie, Chad Brown, Maxie Baughan, Kevin Hardy, Cornelius Bennett, Fredd Young, Bobby Bell*, Les Richter, Lee Roy Caffey
6 Randall Godfrey, Sam Mills, Stan West, Kevin Hardy, Lee Roy Caffey, Fredd Young, John Offerdahl, Bill Bergey, Dan Currie, Chad Brown
7 Mike Peterson, Kevin Hardy, Fredd Young, Randall Godfrey, Takeo Spikes, Stan West, Al Wilson, Lee Roy Caffey, Duane Bickett, John Offerdahl
8 Kevin Hardy, Randall Godfrey, Lee Roy Caffey, Mike Peterson, Duane Bickett, James Farrior, Al Smith, E.J. Junior, Chuck Drazenovich, Shane Conlan
9 Randall Godfrey, Kevin Hardy, Mike Peterson, Duane Bickett, James Farrior, Lee Roy Caffey, Pepper Johnson, Hardy Nickerson, Dale Meinert, Willie McGinest
10 Randall Godfrey, James Farrior, Andy Russell, Mike Peterson, Kevin Hardy, Dale Meinert, Pepper Johnson, Duane Bickett, Earl Holmes, Takeo Spikes
11 Randall Godfrey, James Farrior, Andy Russell, Carl Banks, Takeo Spikes, Willie McGinest, Pepper Johnson, Robin Cole, Jerry Robinson, Mike Peterson
12 Randall Godfrey, Pepper Johnson, Carl Banks, Jessie Tuggle, Tedy Bruschi, Jerry Robinson, Robin Cole, Bill Pellington, Takeo Spikes, Rod Martin
Career Randall Godfrey, Pepper Johnson, Tedy Bruschi, Carl Banks, Takeo Spikes, Rod Martin, Jerry Robinson, Robin Cole, Bill Pellington, Mike Peterson

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1992
1994
1995

First-Team All-Pro

1992

Fumbles Recovered

1993 NFL 4 (8)

Fumble Return TD

1996 NFL 1 (1/38)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1999 NFL 1 (8)

Sacks

1992 NFL 14.0 (9/92)
Career 51.5 (123)

Safeties

1998 NFL 1 (1/18)
Career 1 (69)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1992Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1994Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
1995UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.