Antoine Cason in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Arizona, 2004–⁠07

Antoine Cason

Lettered 2004–⁠05 (school media guide)

Born
Jul 9, 1986, in Long Beach, California

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Antoine Cason played cornerback at Arizona (2004–⁠07). He won the 2007 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2007. The San Diego Chargers took Cason in the first round, No. 27 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2007
Jim Thorpe Award, Consensus All-American and 1 more
Drafted
No. 27
Overall, 2008 NFL Draft (San Diego Chargers)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Arizona4
2005Arizona3
2006Arizona3
2007Arizona5
Career15

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2007Arizona392712

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. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2005113812502.50350
20061248146220371
200712571471415142
On file143401838.5111263

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

2007 Arizona 5 games with an interception on file, 39 returns, 271 yards
DateOpponentResultIntPR
Sep 22atCaliforniaL 27–⁠4512
Oct 6atOregon StateL 16–⁠3111
Oct 13atUSCL 13–⁠2013
Oct 27atWashingtonW 48–⁠4112
Nov 15vs.OregonW 34–⁠2414
2006 Arizona 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultIntPR
Sep 9atLSUL 3–⁠451–
Sep 23vs.USCL 3–⁠201–
Nov 11vs.CaliforniaW 24–⁠201–
2005 Arizona 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultIntPR
Oct 1atCaliforniaL 0–⁠281–
Oct 22vs.OregonL 21–⁠281–
Oct 29atOregon StateW 29–⁠271–
2004 Arizona 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultIntPR
Sep 4vs.Northern ArizonaW 21–⁠31–
Oct 23vs.CaliforniaL 0–⁠382–
Nov 6atWashingtonW 23–⁠131–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′0¼″
Weight191 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.51 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′8″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.08 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. 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, 100 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008San Diego Chargers166402
2009San Diego Chargers153702
2010San Diego Chargers166104
2011San Diego Chargers154602
2012San Diego Chargers166802
2013Arizona Cardinals101402
2014Carolina Panthers125502
NFL career100345016

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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