Chip Cox
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Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
 Cox with the Montreal Alouettes in 2007 | |
| No. 11 | |
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| Position | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 24, 1983 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Beechcroft (Columbus) |
| College | Ohio |
| NFL draft | 2005: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| 2005 | Detroit Lions* |
| 2006 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2007 | Washington Redskins* |
| 2007–2018 | Montreal Alouettes |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2022) | |
Chip Cox (born June 24, 1983) is an American former professional football linebacker who played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for 13 seasons. He is a two-time Grey Cup champion, winning in 2009 and 2010, and winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 2013. He is also a six-time CFL Divisional All-Star and three-time CFL All-Star. He holds three CFL records, including most career fumble return yards (392), most career fumble return touchdowns (6), and the record for longest fumble return (108 yards in 2011). Cox also holds several Alouettes records including most career tackles (979), most single season defensive tackles (115 in 2013), and most defensive tackles in a single game (13 against Calgary on July 1, 2012). He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats.
Cox lettered three years in both track and football at Beechcroft High School in Columbus, earning special mention all-state recognition in football his senior year. Cox became a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do in his Junior year.
College career
As a player for the Ohio Bobcats, Cox recorded 240 career tackles (176 solo), nine tackles for losses, five sacks, four interceptions, 29 passes defended, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three blocked field goals. He holds the Ohio school record for the 40-yard dash (4.37 seconds), and started every game his sophomore and junior years, but battled injuries as a senior, only playing in nine games. He was also a member of the Ohio Bobcats track and field team, where he was a premiere sprinter and placed sixth in the 100 meter dash at the 2004 Mid-American Conference championships.
