Player Dossier

2013-2014

Southern Miss

James Cox

WR • 6'1" • Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

James Cox reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Player Story

James Cox built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Tuscaloosa, AL wearing No. 15, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of James Cox's career was his receiving role: 29...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8019

DeSmet · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Miami (OH)
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

James Cox, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Southern Miss. James Cox reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
416
Receptions
29
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

James Cox quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · WR
Career Receiving Yards
416
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Rice
Recruit profile
3-star · DeSmet · Miami (OH)
High school pipeline
DeSmet · 28 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 15 · Class 2014
2014 Receiving yards rank
219 receiving yards · WR 455th (top 48%) · Conference USA 64th (top 33%) · National 567th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss814197259.9
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss915219260.7

Related Context

James Cox played WR for Southern Miss. Across 2 tracked seasons, James Cox recorded 416 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 219 primary output with 74.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 74.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

24.3

Efficiency

74.5

Usage

7.2

Consistency

44.3

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 28. Alcorn State: 7. Alabama: 12. App State: 60. Rice: 54. Middle Tennessee: 24. North Texas: 16. UTEP: 13. UAB: 5

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. Mississippi State: 1 by 100. Alcorn State: 1 by 46.7. Alabama: 2 by 40. App State: 2 by 100. Rice: 3 by 100. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 80. North Texas: 1 by 100. UTEP: 1 by 86.7. UAB: 2 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins27.7 · Games = 3 · +5 vs Losses
Losses22.7 · Games = 6 · -5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 11/29vs UABL 24-45252.52.5003
Sun 11/2@ UTEPL 14-351131313013
Sat 10/18@ North TexasW 30-201161616016
Sat 10/4@ Middle TennesseeL 31-372241212017
Sat 9/27vs RiceL 23-413541818141
Sat 9/20vs App StateW 21-202603030030
Sat 9/13@ AlabamaL 12-5221266012
Sat 9/6vs Alcorn StateW 26-20177717
Sat 8/30@ Mississippi StateL 0-491282828028

Player Story

James Cox story

James Cox built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Tuscaloosa, AL wearing No. 15, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of James Cox's career was his receiving role: 29 catches, 416 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. That gives James Cox's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Southern Miss

    2013-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss19771.310.2
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss21974.57.222

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rice

Week 5 · L 23-41 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

54

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs App State

Week 4 · W 21-20

60

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ UAB

Week 14 · W 62-27 · Conference game

68

Receiving Yards

75.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ East Carolina

Week 8 · L 14-55 · Conference game

37

Receiving Yards

75.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

37 receiving yards with a 82.2 efficiency score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 5 · L 7-60

32

Receiving Yards

55.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

32 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · Southern Miss

219 primary output · 74.5 efficiency · 7.2 usage

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#2

2013 Regular Season · Southern Miss

59.9

197 primary · 71.3 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games