#49

Dakota Cox

Linebacker for New Mexico. 2016: 91 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · New Mexico · #49

6′0″ · Draper, UT

New Mexico 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1772 nationally · Signed with New Mexico

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for New Mexico. 2016: 91 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at New Mexico, 91 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with New Mexico3-star out of Juan Diego Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1772 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Bob Davie

New Mexico

Played his entire career under Bob Davie.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bob Davie — 20-18 over that span.

2014New Mexico4-8HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2015New Mexico7-6HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2016New Mexico9-4HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#118 / 2668 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#154 / 2668 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#415 / 2668 · 83rd pct

6.5

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.8	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	7.3	0.6	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	1.0	0.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	New Mexico	91	51	6.5	2.0	2	1	--
2015	New Mexico	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	New Mexico	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		91	51	6.5	2.0	2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 48–21

vs South Dakota

14 TOT · 9 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 27-point win at home against South Dakota.

With T. Gipson — 181 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · A. Apodaca — 172 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.6 · 41 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-21vs South Dakota	14	9	2.0	1.0	1	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 2	L 31-32@ New Mexico State	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 48-41vs San José State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-49vs Boise State	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 45-40@ Air Force	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 59-17vs UL Monroe	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-21@ Hawai'i	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 35-26vs Nevada	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-21@ Utah State	10	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-49@ Colorado State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-35vs Wyoming	14	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 23-20@ UTSA	10	6	1.5	0.0	—	1
Total		91	51	6.5	2.0	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology