Brenton Cox Jr.

Defensive End, Green Bay Packers · #57.

Player facts

Team: Green Bay Packers
Position: Defensive End
Number: 57
Born: Jan 30, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Stockbridge, GA, USA
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 250 lbs
College: Florida
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	16	11	5	0	0	4	1
Last 5 Games	16	11	5	0	0	3	0
Career	33	21	12	5	2	9.5	4

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs CHI	W 31-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ TB	W 17-14	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 24	vs ATL	L 35-14	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ NYJ	W 20-17 OT	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ MIN	L 39-22	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Brenton Alexander Cox Jr. (born January 30, 2000) is an American professional football outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators. He entered the 2023 NFL draft and signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent.

From Wikipedia’s article on Brenton Cox Jr., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Cox grew up in Stockbridge, Georgia and attended Miller Grove High School for two years before transferring to Stockbridge High School. As a senior he recorded 42 tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss and five sacks and was named first team All-State and played in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game.

College career

Cox began his collegiate career at Georgia. He played in 13 games with 20 tackles and one sack as a true freshman. He made his first career start in the 2019 Sugar Bowl, making six tackles. During the summer going into his sophomore year Cox was dismissed from the team. Shortly afterwards, Cox announced that he would be transferring to the University of Florida.

Cox initially applied for a waiver to play immediately for the Florida Gators, but his appeal was denied and he sat out his sophomore season per NCAA transfer rules. Cox was named a starter going into his redshirt sophomore season. Cox was kicked off the Gators football team on October 31, 2022, after a series of incidents with coaches and strength and conditioning staff.

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