Torrie Cox Jr. is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Illinois.
Cox moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Maryland — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-63@ No. 19 Indiana | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-32vs No. 21 USC | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-42@ Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-13vs Rutgers | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-6vs Maryland | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-27@ Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Northwestern | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 20-13
vs Northwestern
1 interception · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL50 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
45.6%
372 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #295 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #49 of 77 Big Ten DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,042 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Big Ten as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tim Albin and Bret Bielema.
