#12

Tomon Fox

Senior linebacker for North Carolina. 2021: 33 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks.

LB · North Carolina · Sr. · #12

6′3″ · 260 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 19 · #527 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNorth Carolina 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 359 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

Statement game6 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Miami (FBS) · W 28-25

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for North Carolina. 2021: 33 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at North Carolina, 164 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Collins Hill

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#359 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

2 coaches

2016–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

2019–2021

Mack Brown

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

19Below cohort / limited sample #527 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (96th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#26 / 2743 · 99th pct

9.0

QB hurries#97 / 2743 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#130 / 2743 · 95th pct

10.5

Solo tackles#873 / 2743 · 67th pct

Tackles#1229 / 2743 · 54th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.8	0.6	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	0.7	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.9	0.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

19 · #527 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #527 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	North Carolina	33	24	10.5	9.0	--	--	--
2020	North Carolina	36	21	10.5	7.0	--	--	--
2019	North Carolina	41	21	9.0	6.5	--	1	--
2018	North Carolina	27	17	8.5	2.5	--	--	--
2017	North Carolina	23	13	4.0	4.0	1	--	--
2016	North Carolina	4	1	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		164	97	43.5	30.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 45–42

vs Miami

2 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 SOLO

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With S. Howell — 154 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.0 · 98 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · B. Kiernan — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17@ Virginia Tech	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 2	W 59-17vs Georgia State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 59-39vs Virginia	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	L 22-45@ Georgia Tech	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 38-7vs Duke	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 25-35vs Florida State	5	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 45-42vs Miami	2	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	L 34-44@ Notre Dame	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 58-55vs Wake Forest	4	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 23-30@ Pittsburgh	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 34-14vs Wofford	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 30-34@ NC State	6	3	2.5	2.5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Total		31	22	9.5	8.0	—

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

Tomon Fox

2016

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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