Last confirmed: Central Michigan, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Warren, MI · De La Salle Collegiate
Josh Cox: DB · Central Michigan · #14.
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Josh Cox
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Josh Cox has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Central Michigan. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Western Michigan — Week 10, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 4 passes defended. 6 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Central Michigan | 87 | 55 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | Central Michigan | 54 | 40 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2015 | Central Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | Central Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 141 | 95 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-27vs Rhode Island | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-27@ Kansas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41@ Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-31vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 8-28@ Boston College | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-23@ Ohio | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 10-30vs Toledo | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-9@ Ball State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28@ Western Michigan | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-30vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-23@ Kent State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Northern Illinois | 10 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-37@ Wyoming | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 55 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 30-27
vs Rhode Island
2 interceptions · 8 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
6interceptionsTackle volume
87tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL87 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 6 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Bonamego
Pass share
51.2%
470 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
87 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Central Michigan, 141 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
