Player Dossier

2021-2023

Ohio

Tristan Cox

DT • 274 lbs • Somerset, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tristan Cox shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

13

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ohio

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Purdue • Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8433

Pulaski County · Somerset, KY

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Tristan Cox, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ohio. Tristan Cox shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
9
TFL
1
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Tristan Cox quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · DT
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Ohio
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
3-star · Pulaski County · Purdue
High school pipeline
Pulaski County · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 48 · Sophomore
2023 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DT 147th (top 70%) · Mid-American 262nd (top 50%) · National 2,964th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonOhio8910.53-048.3

Related Context

Tristan Cox played DT for Purdue and Ohio. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tristan Cox recorded 7 rushing yards and 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Ohio.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Ohio paired 4.5 primary output with 10.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Ohio.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Ohio

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

10.3

Usage

2.7

Consistency

60

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Long Island University: 1. San Diego State: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0.5. Iowa State: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Kent State: 1. Central Michigan: 1. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Long Island University: 0 by 10. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 13.3. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 1 by 14.2. Kent State: 0 by 10. Central Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Akron: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Central Michigan

Result
Fri 11/24@ AkronW 25-1421000
Thu 11/16vs Central MichiganW 34-20100.500.500
Sat 10/7vs Kent StateW 42-1700000
Sat 9/23@ Bowling GreenW 38-710000
Sat 9/16vs Iowa StateW 10-721000
Sat 9/9@ Florida AtlanticW 17-10210.5000
Sat 9/2vs Long Island UniversityW 27-1000000
Sat 8/26@ San Diego StateL 13-2010000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Purdue

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ohio

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue0
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue00
2023 Regular SeasonOhio4.510.32.74.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Bowling Green

Week 4 · W 38-7 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Michigan

Week 12 · W 34-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Long Island University

Week 1 · W 27-10

1

Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 6 · W 42-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

42.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 2 · W 17-10

0.5

Havoc Plays

31.1 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Ohio

4.5 primary output · 10.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage

48.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games