Player Dossier

2017-2022

Florida

Brenton Cox Jr.

LB • 6'3" • 252 lbs • Stockbridge, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brenton Cox Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia • Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Brenton Cox Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Stockbridge, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Florida and Georgia. The clearest part of Brenton Cox Jr.'s career was his...

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Brenton Cox Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Florida. Brenton Cox Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
138
TFL
34.5
Sacks
15
QB hurries
39
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Brenton Cox Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · LB
Career Tackles
138
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 44 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Florida
Top game
Ole Miss
Latest roster
No. 1 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
35 tackles · LB 402nd (top 33%) · SEC 123rd (top 21%) · National 1,060th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia00-0--0-
2018 PostseasonGeorgia1160.50--024.6
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia11141.51-3024.6
2020 PostseasonFlorida120-02-074.4
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida1242103.5162074.4
2021 PostseasonFlorida135411-074
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida133610.57.5114074
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia130-0--074
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida8358291065.4

Related Context

Brenton Cox Jr. played LB for Georgia and Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brenton Cox Jr. recorded 138 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Florida paired 33.5 primary output with 42.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 42.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Florida.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · Florida

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

42.5

Usage

12.6

Consistency

69.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 2. Ole Miss: 4.5. South Carolina: 4. Texas A&M: 3. Missouri: 4. Georgia: 1. Arkansas: 0. Vanderbilt: 4. Kentucky: 4.5. Tennessee: 1.5. LSU: 3. Alabama: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 0 by 20. Ole Miss: 8 by 78.3. South Carolina: 5 by 60.8. Texas A&M: 4 by 46.7. Missouri: 5 by 60.8. Georgia: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 52.5. Kentucky: 3 by 57.5. Tennessee: 4 by 31.7. LSU: 4 by 46.7. Alabama: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.9 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

78.3 vs Ole Miss

Result
Thu 12/31@ OklahomaSplash gameL 20-5500000
Sun 12/20vs AlabamaSplash gameL 46-5221001
Sun 12/13vs LSUSplash gameL 34-3742100
Sat 12/5@ TennesseeW 31-19421.5000
Sat 11/28vs KentuckySplash gameW 34-10311.5010
Sat 11/21@ VanderbiltSplash gameW 38-1732110
Sun 11/15vs ArkansasW 63-3510000
Sat 11/7@ GeorgiaW 44-2833100
Sat 10/31vs MissouriSplash gameW 41-1754100
Sat 10/10@ Texas A&MSplash gameL 38-4142000
Sat 10/3vs South CarolinaSplash gameW 38-24500.500.500
Sat 9/26@ Ole MissSplash gameW 51-35842.5011

Player Story

Brenton Cox Jr. story

Brenton Cox Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Stockbridge, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Florida and Georgia. The clearest part of Brenton Cox Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 138 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 10 passes defended across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Brenton Cox Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Georgia

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida

    2020-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018202020202021202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia0
2018 PostseasonGeorgia6132.56
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia6132.50
2020 PostseasonFlorida33.542.512.627.5
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida33.542.512.60
2021 PostseasonFlorida3939.312.55.5
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida3939.312.50
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia3939.312.50
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida2043.213.8-19

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ole Miss

Week 4 · W 51-35 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

92.8 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida State

Week 13 · W 24-21

9

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Missouri

Week 6 · W 24-17 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Kentucky

Week 13 · W 34-10 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Missouri

Week 9 · W 41-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

83.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Florida

33.5 primary output · 42.5 efficiency · 12.6 usage

74.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · Florida

74.4

33.5 primary · 42.5 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Florida

74

39 primary · 39.3 efficiency · 12.5 usage

Milestones

18

Impact games

24

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games