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Running back, Massachusetts (from Michigan), 2008–⁠12

Michael Cox

Lettered 2009–⁠11 at Michigan (school media guide)

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Dorchester, MA
Born: Nov 14, 1988, in Boston, Massachusetts

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Michael Cox played running back at Michigan (to 2011) and Massachusetts (to 2012). The New York Giants took Cox in round 7, No. 253 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Best season: 710; Rushing yards, 2012 (Massachusetts, 1–⁠11)
Drafted: No. 253; Round 7, 2013 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

188rushing yards, best game on fileat Miami (OH), 2012 2rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last at Miami (OH), 2012

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

113

710

5–⁠77–⁠61–⁠11

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Michigan	13	113	8.7	2	57
2010	Michigan	6	56	9.3	0	35
2012	Massachusetts	198	710	3.6	5	32
On file (2009–⁠12)		217	879	4.1	7	57

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
2009	Michigan	1	11	11.0	11
2012	Massachusetts	13	63	4.8	41
On file (2009–⁠12)		14	74	5.3	41

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Michigan	5	RB
2010	Michigan	5	RB
2011	Michigan	5	RB
2012	Massachusetts	5	RB	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Massachusetts 12 games, 710 rushing yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	atUConn	L 0–⁠37	5	−4	0	5	–	–
Sep 8	vs.Indiana	L 6–⁠45	15	36	0	17	4	−2
Sep 15	atMichigan	L 13–⁠63	18	76	0	14	–	–
Sep 22	atMiami (OH)	L 16–⁠27	30	188	2	24	–	–
Sep 29	vs.Ohio	L 34–⁠37	22	80	0	20	–	–
Oct 6	atWestern Michigan	L 14–⁠52	11	19	1	12	1	0
Oct 20	vs.Bowling Green	L 0–⁠24	10	37	0	32	1	0
Oct 27	atVanderbilt	L 7–⁠49	17	56	0	22	3	49
Nov 3	atNorthern Illinois	L 0–⁠63	25	81	0	18	2	12
Nov 10	atAkron	W 22–⁠14	15	44	0	12	–	–
Nov 17	vs.Buffalo	L 19–⁠29	13	31	1	6	1	1
Nov 23	vs.Central Michigan	L 21–⁠42	17	66	1	15	1	3

2011 Michigan 1 game, 2 returns, 2 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Jan 3 ✦	vs.Virginia Tech	W 23–⁠20	–	–	–	–	–	–

No box score in the source for Sep 3 vs. Western Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Michigan 1 game, 56 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 25	vs.Bowling Green	W 65–⁠21	6	56	0	35	–	–

2009 Michigan 2 games, 113 rushing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 19	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 45–⁠17	2	31	0	24	–	–
Oct 17	vs.Delaware State	W 63–⁠6	11	82	2	57	1	11

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2013
Height	5′11¾″
Weight	222 lb
Arm length	32½″
Hand size	8¾″
40-yard dash	4.58 s
Vertical jump	41″
Broad jump	10′11″
Bench press	24 reps
3-cone drill	6.87 s
20-yard shuttle	4.08 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	Rec	Rec yds
2013	New York Giants	11	22	43	3	12
2014	New York Giants	4	4	33	2	9
NFL career		15	26	76	5	21

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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At a glance

Career highs