Connor Cox

* 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Second-year tight end who gained some valuable game experience as a true freshman playing behind a pair of veteran tight ends… has shown to be a willing blocker… could also factor on special teams.

2023 (Freshman)

True freshman tight end who enrolled in January and went through spring drills… saw action in five games, earning his first letter… made his collegiate debut against Furman… saw action in four-straight games later in the season, 

appearing against Missouri, Texas A&M, Jacksonville State and Vanderbilt… did not record any statistics… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. in December, 2022… lined up split out, as an H-back and in-line… caught 30 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns as a senior, helping Bolles to the state semifinals in Florida’s 2M division… earned Florida Times-Union Super 11 recognition… as a junior in 2021, got snaps at both wide receiver and tight end… primarily served as a blocker in a run-first offense… caught seven passes for 148 yards… helped the Bulldogs to an 8-3 mark playing at the 4A level… coached by Matt Toblin… began his high school career at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, N.C… played lacrosse prior to COVID, then turned his focus to football… rated the 112th-best player in the state of Florida, the 33rd-best tight end in the country and No. 699 overall according to 247Sports Composite… ranked as the 106th-best player in Florida, the 38th-best tight end prospect in the country and No. 673 on the On3 Consensus… ESPN considered him the 173rd-best player in the Sunshine State and the 25th-best tight end in the land… comes from the same high school that produced former Gamecock tight end and first round draft pick Hayden Hurst.

PERSONAL

Connor J. Cox was born Oct. 8, 2004… is a management major.