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Cox, who is currently a fifth year senior, has had an up and down season. While Cox had thrown for over 1,200 yards and 11 touchdowns and boasted a 146.4 quarterback rating in his first four games of the season, the next games he did not perform as well. Georgia currently stands at 6-4 on the season with Cox as the starter. In Georgia's 52-41 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville, Cox threw for a career high 375 yards and matched a school record with five touchdown passes. Against #1 Florida, Cox completed 11 of 20 pass attempts for 2 touchdowns, which was as many as the Gators had allowed all season, but also threw 3 interceptions in the 17-41 loss. |
Cox, who is currently a fifth year senior, has had an up and down season. While Cox had thrown for over 1,200 yards and 11 touchdowns and boasted a 146.4 quarterback rating in his first four games of the season, the next games he did not perform as well. Georgia currently stands at 6-4 on the season with Cox as the starter. In Georgia's 52-41 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville, Cox threw for a career high 375 yards and matched a school record with five touchdown passes. Against #1 Florida, Cox completed 11 of 20 pass attempts for 2 touchdowns, which was as many as the Gators had allowed all season, but also threw 3 interceptions in the 17-41 loss. In his final game at Sanford Stadium, Cox threw 2 2nd half interceptions along with a costly red-zone fumble that sealed a shocking loss against Kentucky (earning their first victory in Athens since 1977). |
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Revision as of 05:24, 22 November 2009
Joe Cox (born November 27, 1986) is an American football quarterback, currently starting for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. [1] Cox is currently listed at 6’1’’ tall and 198 lbs. and a psychology major. [2]
Early Life
High School
Cox started at Independence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received several honors in high school for his great play. Cox was named to the 2004 Parade Magazine All-America Team and Super Prep All-Mid Atlantic Team. He was also the North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year. [3] Cox was on the AP First-Team All-State and was two-time Charlotte Observer Offensive Player of the Year. He also played in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and impressed scouts by going 31-0 as a starting QB. Cox was a two-time team captain and was the number 7 rated QB in the country by Rivals.com and Tom Lemming of ESPN. He set a North Carolina record with 66 TD passes while taking his team to its fifth consecutive state championship his senior year. Cox was named the MVP of the state title game two times. As a junior, Cox threw for nearly 4,000 yards and over 40 touchdowns. As a senior, he completed 240 out of 363 passes for over 4,500 yards and only five interceptions. [4]
University of Georgia
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior years (2005-2008)
Joe Cox was red-shirted his freshman year in 2005. Through the first four years of his career at UGA, Cox had scattered playing time and completed 33 out of 58 pass attempts for 432 yards with 5 touchdowns and 1 interception. As a redshirt freshman in 2006, with Georgia trailing Colorado 0-13 at home late in the third quarter, Joe Cox was put in the game to relieve ineffective starter Matthew Stafford. Cox threw for 153 yards and 2 touchdowns late in the game to lead Georgia to a comeback win, 14-13. Cox would start one more game in the season, in a 14-9 victory over Ole Miss, but eventually lost his starting job to the highly-touted Stafford, who ended up being the #1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.
Fifth-year Senior (2009)
Cox, who is currently a fifth year senior, has had an up and down season. While Cox had thrown for over 1,200 yards and 11 touchdowns and boasted a 146.4 quarterback rating in his first four games of the season, the next games he did not perform as well. Georgia currently stands at 6-4 on the season with Cox as the starter. In Georgia's 52-41 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville, Cox threw for a career high 375 yards and matched a school record with five touchdown passes. Against #1 Florida, Cox completed 11 of 20 pass attempts for 2 touchdowns, which was as many as the Gators had allowed all season, but also threw 3 interceptions in the 17-41 loss. In his final game at Sanford Stadium, Cox threw 2 2nd half interceptions along with a costly red-zone fumble that sealed a shocking loss against Kentucky (earning their first victory in Athens since 1977).