Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-8vs NC State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | Season-high 7 yds |
| Total | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
#88
Connor Cox
Senior tight end for Virginia. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′6″ · 250 lb · Jacksonville, FL · The Bolles School
Transferred North Carolina → Virginia for 2026
The numbers
7
receiving yards · 2026
1 catches · 7 per catch
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 rec, 7 yds, vs NC State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Virginia. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2023.
- Transferred from North Carolina to Virginia in 2026.
Connor Cox
Across three seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Shane Beamer, Bill Belichick and Tony Elliott. The receipt on tape: 7 rec yds, 1 receptions against NC State, Week 1, 2026.
7 REC YDS · 1 REC · 0 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with South Carolina3-star out of The Bolles School
20253 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Virginia
Played his entire career under Tony Elliott.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Virginia
2025North Carolina
2026Virginia
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy
2025North Carolina4-8HC: Bill Belichick · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Virginia2-0HC: Tony Elliott · Run-heavy
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 REC/g, 7.0 YDS/g, 7.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | North Carolina | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 1 | -- |
Game log
The tight end room · Virginia
- #9Dakota Twitty129 receiving yards · 2025
- #89John Rogers101 receiving yards · 2025
- #88Connor Cox21 receiving yards · 2025
- #86Lukas Ungar14 receiving yards · 2025
- #94Hayden Rollison1 game · 2026
3 more on the roster · Virginia team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology