Cornerback, Texas, 2002–06
Aaron Ross
- Born
- Sep 15, 1982, in San Antonio, Texas
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Aaron Ross played cornerback at Texas (2002–06). He won the 2006 Jim Thorpe Award. The New York Giants took Ross in the first round, No. 20 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
2interceptions, best game on filevs. Oklahoma, 2006Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2005; Big 12 champions, 2005
All-America: Walter Camp first team 2006; FWAA 2006; AP second team 2006; College Football News 2006; ESPN 2006; Pro Football Weekly 2006; Sports Illustrated 2006
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Returns
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| On file | 72 | 31 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 3 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2006 Texas 13 games, 43 returns, 240 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. North Texas | W 56–7 | 5 | 53 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. Ohio State | L 7–24 | 4 | 20 | – |
| Sep 16 | at Rice | W 52–7 | 5 | 58 | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. Iowa State | W 37–14 | 3 | 21 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Sam Houston | W 56–3 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Oklahoma | W 28–10 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Baylor | W 63–31 | 2 | 7 | – |
| Oct 21 | at Nebraska | W 22–20 | 5 | 0 | – |
| Oct 28 | at Texas Tech | W 35–31 | 3 | 10 | – |
| Nov 4 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 36–10 | 4 | 27 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | at Kansas State | L 42–45 | 2 | 26 | – |
| Nov 24 | vs. Texas A&M | L 7–12 | 3 | 19 | – |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Iowa | W 26–24 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
2005 Texas 13 games, 45 returns, 500 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Louisiana | W 60–3 | 5 | 106 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | atOhio State | W 25–22 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs.Rice | W 51–10 | 4 | 13 | – |
| Oct 1 | at Missouri | W 51–20 | 5 | 129 | – |
| Oct 8 | vs.Oklahoma | W 45–12 | 5 | 6 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. Colorado | W 42–17 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Texas Tech | W 52–17 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Oct 29 | atOklahoma State | W 47–28 | 2 | 23 | – |
| Nov 5 | atBaylor | W 62–0 | 4 | 67 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. Kansas | W 66–14 | 5 | 79 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | atTexas A&M | W 40–29 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Dec 3 | vs.Colorado | W 70–3 | 5 | 21 | – |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. USC | W 41–38 | 2 | 19 | – |
2004 Texas 9 games, 25 returns, 136 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs.North Texas | W 65–0 | 3 | 15 | – |
| Sep 11 | at Arkansas | W 22–20 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Sep 25 | vs.Rice | W 35–13 | 4 | 45 | – |
| Oct 2 | vs.Baylor | W 44–14 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs.Missouri | W 28–20 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Oct 23 | atTexas Tech | W 51–21 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Oct 30 | atColorado | W 31–7 | 5 | 29 | – |
| Nov 6 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 56–35 | 4 | 19 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Michigan | W 38–37 | 2 | 8 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0½″ |
| Weight | 193 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.67 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.15 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 78 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | New York Giants | 15 | 34 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2008 | New York Giants | 13 | 43 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | New York Giants | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | New York Giants | 15 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | New York Giants | 16 | 54 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 13 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | New York Giants | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 78 | 223 | 2.5 | 11 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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