Defensive back, Illinois (from Ohio), 2021–⁠25

Torrie Cox Jr.

Lettered 2024–⁠25 (school media guide)

Number
No. 5
Height
5′9″
Weight
170 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Miami Gardens, FL

Torrie Cox Jr. played defensive back at Ohio (2021–⁠23) and Illinois (2024–⁠25).

Career highs

9tackles, career highat Ball State, 20222interceptions, career highat Western Michigan, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2021Ohio3300010
2022Ohio493430371
2023Ohio362121.5110
2024Illinois26200.50340
2025Illinois503610130
Career1641146.51.58161

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Ohio5DBYr 1
2022Ohio5DBYr 2
2023Ohio5DBYr 3
2024Illinois5DBYr 4
2025Illinois5DBSr. (Yr 5)5′9″170

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

2025 Illinois 13 games, 50 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 29vs.Western IllinoisW 52–⁠3330000
Sep 6atDukeW 45–⁠19320001
Sep 13vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠0200000
Sep 20atIndianaL 10–⁠63420000
Sep 27vs.USCW 34–⁠32310000
Oct 4atPurdueW 43–⁠27530000
Oct 11vs.Ohio StateL 16–⁠34440000
Oct 25atWashingtonL 25–⁠42330000
Nov 1vs.RutgersW 35–⁠13440001
Nov 15vs.MarylandW 24–⁠6551001
Nov 22atWisconsinL 10–⁠27430000
Nov 29vs.NorthwesternW 20–⁠13630010
Dec 30 ✦vs.TennesseeW 30–⁠28430000
2024 Illinois 10 games, 26 tackles, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 29vs.Eastern IllinoisW 45–⁠0220010
Sep 7vs.KansasW 23–⁠17200000
Sep 14vs.Central MichiganW 30–⁠9110000
Sep 20atNebraskaW 31–⁠24210011
Sep 28atPenn StateL 7–⁠21220000
Oct 12vs.PurdueW 50–⁠49210.5000
Nov 16vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠16220001
Nov 23atRutgersW 38–⁠31540001
Nov 30vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠28110010
Dec 31 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 21–⁠17760001
2023 Ohio 12 games, 36 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Long Island UniversityW 27–⁠10210000
Sep 9atFlorida AtlanticW 17–⁠10310.50.500
Sep 16vs.Iowa StateW 10–⁠7400010
Sep 23atBowling GreenW 38–⁠7110000
Oct 7vs.Kent StateW 42–⁠17320000
Oct 14atNorthern IllinoisL 13–⁠23220000
Oct 21vs.Western MichiganW 20–⁠17621.5100
Oct 28vs.Miami (OH)L 16–⁠30100000
Nov 7atBuffaloW 20–⁠10220000
Nov 15vs.Central MichiganW 34–⁠20110000
Nov 24atAkronW 25–⁠14540000
Dec 16 ✦vs.Georgia SouthernW 41–⁠21650001
2022 Ohio 11 games, 49 tackles, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Florida AtlanticW 41–⁠38100001
Sep 10atPenn StateL 10–⁠46430001
Sep 17atIowa StateL 10–⁠43870000
Sep 24vs.FordhamW 59–⁠52430000
Oct 1atKent StateL 24–⁠31770002
Oct 15atWestern MichiganW 33–⁠14220020
Oct 22vs.Northern IllinoisW 24–⁠17710000
Nov 1vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠24211000
Nov 15atBall StateW 32–⁠18971002
Nov 22vs.Bowling GreenW 38–⁠14531000
Dec 30 ✦vs.WyomingW 30–⁠27000011
2021 Ohio 2 games, 3 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 11vs.DuquesneL 26–⁠28110000
Oct 23vs.Kent StateL 27–⁠34220001

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

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