Player Dossier

2013-2016

New Mexico

Dakota Cox

LB • 6'0" • Draper, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dakota Cox shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota

Player Story

Dakota Cox built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Draper, UT wearing No. 49, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Dakota Cox's career was his defensive production: 91...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8019

Juan Diego Catholic · Draper, UT

Committed To
New Mexico
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Dakota Cox, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · New Mexico. Dakota Cox shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
91
TFL
6.5
Sacks
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Dakota Cox quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · LB
Career Tackles
91
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · New Mexico
Top game
South Dakota
Recruit profile
3-star · Juan Diego Catholic · New Mexico
High school pipeline
Juan Diego Catholic · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 49 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
91 tackles · LB 92nd (top 9%) · Mountain West 17th (top 4%) · National 126th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonNew Mexico10-0--042.9
2015 Regular SeasonNew Mexico10-0--042.9
2016 PostseasonNew Mexico12101.50-1062.7
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico128152-1062.7

Related Context

Dakota Cox played LB for New Mexico. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dakota Cox recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

New Mexico paired 11.5 primary output with 39.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

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

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2015 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

20 vs Wyoming

Result
Sat 9/26@ WyomingW 38-281

Player Story

Dakota Cox story

Dakota Cox built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Draper, UT wearing No. 49, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Dakota Cox's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Dakota Cox's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonNew Mexico0
2014 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1201
2015 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1200
2016 PostseasonNew Mexico11.539.810.910.5
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico11.539.810.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Dakota

Week 1 · W 48-21

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Air Force

Week 7 · W 45-40 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#3

@ UTSA

Week 1 · W 23-20 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#4

@ New Mexico State

Week 4 · W 38-35

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Wyoming

Week 4 · W 38-28 · 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

2016 Postseason · New Mexico

11.5 primary output · 39.8 efficiency · 10.9 usage

62.7

#2

2016 Regular Season · New Mexico

62.7

11.5 primary · 39.8 efficiency · 10.9 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · New Mexico

42.9

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

3

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games