Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2013Duke
Ross Cockrell
CB • 6'0" • Waxhaw, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ross Cockrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Ross Cockrell built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a cornerback from Waxhaw, NC wearing No. 6, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Ross Cockrell's career was his defensive production: 12...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2014
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 9
- Overall
- No. 109
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Ross Cockrell, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Duke. Ross Cockrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Ross Cockrell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Duke
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Charlotte Latin School · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Charlotte Latin School · 9 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2014 · Round 4 · Pick 9 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2013
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Duke | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Duke | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Duke | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 68.9 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Duke | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 60 |
Related Context
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Ross Cockrell played CB for Duke. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ross Cockrell recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Duke paired 5 primary output with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Duke
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 1. Virginia Tech: 1. Wake Forest: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
20 vs Wake Forest
Player Story
Ross Cockrell story
Ross Cockrell built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a cornerback from Waxhaw, NC wearing No. 6, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Ross Cockrell's career was his defensive production: 12 interceptions across 10 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ross Cockrell's production has multiple signals. With 10 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.
The arc is straightforward: Ross Cockrell moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Duke
2009-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Duke | 3 | 30 | — | 3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Duke | 1 | 20 | — | -2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Duke | 5 | 25 | — | 4 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Duke | 3 | 20 | — | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 10 · W 55-48 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs North Carolina Central
Week 3 · W 54-17
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 13 · L 21-37 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Wake Forest
Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia Tech
Week 9 · W 13-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Duke
5 primary output · 25 efficiency · — usage
68.9
#2
2013 Regular Season · Duke
60
3 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Duke
54.1
3 primary · 30 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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