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1 Brenton Cox Jr.

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Weight 252
  • Hometown Stockbridge, Ga.
  • High School Stockbridge
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Biography

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COLLEGIATE HONORS ACADEMIC HONORS
  • Earned his bachelor's degree in Education Sciences (Summer 2022)
  • Two-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2020-2021)
  • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2019-20)

2022 (Redshirt Junior): Started at JACK in eight games... Finished the season with 35 tackles, 8 TFL, 2 sacks, and a pass breakup… Recorded 2 tackles, a pass breakup and quarterback hurry vs. Georgia (Oct. 29)… Recorded 3 tackles (2 solo) including 1 sack and 2 quarterback hurries vs. LSU (Oct. 15)… Recorded 5 tackles (3 solo) including 3 TFL, 1 sack, and a quarterback hurry vs. Missouri (Oct. 8)… Recorded 3 tackles (2 solo) including 2 TFL vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 2)… Recorded 1 tackle including 0.5 TFL at Tennessee (Sept. 24)… Recorded 9 tackles (5 solo) including 1 TFL and 2 quarterback hurry… Recorded 2 tackles and 2 quarterback hurries vs. Kentucky (Sept. 10)… Recorded 10 tackles (3 solo), including 0.5 TFL and a quarterback hurry vs. Utah (Sept. 3) and was named SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week for the first week.

2021 (Redshirt Junior): Started at BUCK in all 13 games of the season… Posted five solo tackles with four of them TFLs, one sack and a quarterback hurry in the Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF (Dec. 23)... Achieved a program record and career-high four sacks, along with a forced fumble and quarterback hurry against Florida State (Nov. 27)… Logged five tackles (three solo), including a 1-yard sack, and a quarterback hurry against Missouri (Nov. 20)… Registered three tackles (two solo), including a five yard sack, as well as two QBH and a pass breakup against Samford (Nov. 13)… Tallied two solo tackles, including a tackle for loss of two yards, as well as two pass breakups and one QBH against South Carolina (Nov. 6)… Recorded three tackles (two solo) and one quarterback hurry against Georgia (Oct. 30)… Logged two solo tackles against LSU (Oct. 16)… Registered two solo tackles and one QBH against Vanderbilt (Oct. 9)… Recorded four tackles and one QBH against Kentucky (Oct. 2)… Registered four tackles (two solo), including 2.5-TFL, against Tennessee (Sept. 25)… Tallied four tackles (one solo), including a sack, a TFL for three yards, as well as one pass break up and a QBH against Alabama (Sept. 18)… Recorded one solo tackle against USF (Sept. 11)… Recorded a tackle and two QBH’s during Florida’s season opener against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 4)... Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. 

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started in all 12 games of the season, tallying 41 tackles (21 solo), 9.5 tackles-for-loss and four sacks, in addition to leading the team in QB hurries with 18... His 9.5 tackles-for-loss were tied for first among Gators defenders... Tallied a season-high eight tackles (four solo), one sack (four yards), 2.5 tackles for loss and a pass breakup during Florida's season opener at Ole Miss (Sept. 26)... Registered five defensive stops and 0.5 tackles for loss against South Carolina (Oct. 3)... Recorded four tackles (two solo) and three quarterback hurries at Texas A&M (Oct. 10)... Recorded his first-career fumble recovery against Missouri (Oct. 31), in addition to tallying a total of five tackles (four solo), one sack and three quarterback hurries... Recorded three solo tackles against Georgia (Nov. 7), including a 1.0 tackle-for-loss... Contributed one tackle against Arkansas (Nov. 14)... Tallied three tackles (two solo) and a sack at Vanderbilt (Nov. 21)...  Recorded three tackles (one solo), a sack and 1.5 tackles-for-loss against Kentucky (Nov. 28)... Logged four tackles (two solo) apiece against Tennessee (Dec. 5) and LSU (Dec. 12), adding a sack and 1.5 tackles-for-loss against the Vols and 1.0 tackle-for-loss against the Tigers... Contributed two tackles against Alabama (Dec. 19)... Named to the Associated Press All-SEC Second Team... Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Sophomore): Earned a redshirt after he did not appear in a game after transferring to Florida midway through season... Named to 2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
2018 (Freshman) at Georgia: 
Played in 13 of 14 games...Finished with 20 total stops...Collegiate debut came in the season opener vs. Austin Peay (Sept. 1) where he assisted on a tackle... Made first start in Sugar Bowl vs. Texas (Jan. 1) and had career-best six stops, including an assisted tackle for lost yardage...credited with four tackles and a pass breakup vs. Middle Tennessee (Sept. 15)...had one stop vs. Tennessee (Sept. 29), LSU (Oct. 13), Florida (Oct. 27) and Kentucky (Nov. 3)...His three pass breakups rank third on the team...Two stops and an assisted tackle for loss vs. Alabama (Dec. 1)...Had a QB sack, resulting in an 8-yard loss, at Kentucky...had a pass breakup at Missouri (Sept. 22)...enrolled at UGA in January of 2018.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Kevin Whitley at Stockbridge High School… Listed as a five-star recruit by ESPN.com, No. 11 in ESPN’s top 300, No. 5 DE nationally, No. 3 prospect in Georgia… Member of Team Highlights in the 2018 Under Armour All-American Game… Earned 2017 All-State Class 5A First Team defensive honors from both the AJC and the Associated Press… Named to the 2017 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Preseason Super 11… Led Stockbridge to a 13-1 record during his senior campaign… Recorded 42 tackles, five sacks and 9.5 tackles for a loss as a senior… Selected as an outstanding Final Five Defensive Lineman at Nike’s The Opening 2017 Finals… Named to the 2016 All-State Class 5A First Team defense by the AJC, AP and the Georgia Coaches Association (South) as a junior… Voted the Henry Herald Defensive Player of the year for Henry County… Spent two years at Miller Grove High School prior to Stockbridge.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2019Sophomore

    LB
    6'4" 247 lbs
    6
  • 1

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    LB
    6'3" 250 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021Redshirt Junior

    OLB
    6'4" 253 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Redshirt Junior

    OLB
    6'3" 252 lbs
    1