Demetrious Cox

Defensive back for Michigan State. 2016: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

DB · Michigan State · #7

6′1″ · Jeannette, PA

Michigan State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 192 nationally · Signed with Michigan State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive back for Michigan State. 2016: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Michigan State, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Michigan State4-star out of Jeannette

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#192 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mark Dantonio, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.

2015Michigan State12-2HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2016Michigan State3-9HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#276 / 2668 · 88th pct

Tackles#560 / 2668 · 79th pct

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1091 / 2668 · 58th pct

Tackles for loss#1559 / 2668 · 38th pct

1.5

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.7
Road4g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Michigan State	55	21	1.5	0.0	5	1	--
2015	Michigan State	--	--	--	--	--	3	--
Career		55	21	1.5	0.0	5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 36–28

at Notre Dame

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.

With T. O'Connor — 241 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.6 · 43 rush yds (10 car) · J. Hartbarger — 38 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week