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Brandon Cox (born October 31, 1983) is an American former footballquarterback, who played collegiately for Auburn University. As Auburn's starting quarterback from 2005 to 2007 he guided the Tigers to a 29–9 record and was a member of the winningest senior class in Auburn history, winning 50 games during their time on the Plains.

Cox attended Hewitt-Trussville High School, the same school as Jay Barker, former quarterback for rival Alabama. He was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in his 10th grade year in high school, but fought the disease and continued to play football.[1] Cox, a left-hander, was recruited to Auburn in 2003 but redshirted his freshman year.

After serving one season as backup, Cox stumbled to begin the 2005 season before leading the Tigers to a 9–3 finish. He returned his junior year in 2006 to lead Auburn to an 11–2 finish, including a victory over Nebraska in the 2007 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Cox began the season as the starter for the third season for the Tigers in 2007. Prior to the season, Cox was one of 35 quarterbacks named to the 2007 Manning Award Watch List.[2] For much of the 2007 season, Cox struggled to find consistency behind an offensive line starting three freshmen. He was briefly benched in favor of true freshman quarterback Kodi Burns during the Mississippi State game. Cox rebounded from being benched to lead Auburn to victories over undefeated Florida, Arkansas and Alabama.

In winning the 2007 Iron Bowl over Alabama, 17–10, the team set a school record with six consecutive wins over its rival. Cox became only the second Auburn quarterback to be 3–0 against Alabama, with his predecessor, Jason Campbell, being the other quarterback to record this feat.

Cox's last win came in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl when he led Auburn past Clemson, 23–20 (OT). Cox completed a career-high 25 passes, but it was Burns who ended the game with a touchdown run in overtime.

Cox finished the regular season of his senior year with a 117.58 passer rating. As of the 2007 Iron Bowl, Cox had 6,748 career passing yards, a 59.12% completion percentage (525/888), 42 touchdowns on 31 interceptions for a career NCAA passer rating of 131.58.

Después de graduarse de Auburn con un título en administración de empresas, Cox se convirtió en gerente de cuentas de Ready Mix USA. [ 3 ] Posteriormente trabajó en la industria de la construcción, desempeñándose como asociado de arrendamiento comercial para Daniel Corporation y más tarde como director de desarrollo comercial para Hoar Construction. [ 4 ]

Referencias

  1. ↑ Conozca al Sr. Fútbol: Brandon Cox supera las adversidades en la temporada 2006. Archivado el 20 de noviembre de 2006 en Wayback Machine .
  2. ↑ "35 mariscales de campo incluidos en la lista de candidatos al premio Manning" . NCAA. 8 de agosto de 2007. Archivado del original el 29 de septiembre de 2007. Consultado el 15 de agosto de 2007 .
  3. ↑ "¿Dónde están ahora? Brandon Cox" . Auburn Tigers . 30 de septiembre de 2015. Consultado el 24 de diciembre de 2019 .
  4. ↑ McAdory, Joe (8 de noviembre de 2018). "Los héroes dieron un paso al frente para levantar a Auburn en Athens en 2005" . Alexander City Outlook . Recuperado el 24 de diciembre de 2019 .
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