Jabril Cox has informed teams he will hold his Pro Day in Baton Rouge on Monday, April 26 at 10 a.m. Cox sat out of LSU’s initial Pro Day due to hamstring tightness.
What should fans and NFL teams expect to see from Cox on April 26th?
An athletic showcase mixed with the football intelligence that teams love to see.
Before transferring to LSU for the 2020 season, Jabril Cox was the best linebacker in college football that no one was talking about.
LSU LB Jabril Cox has informed teams he will hold his Pro Day in Baton Rouge on Monday, April 26 at 10am.
He sat out LSU’s initial Pro Day because of a minor hamstring issue.
— Corey Seeley (@coreyalex) April 14, 2021
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At North Dakota State, Cox was an FCS All-American, and helped the Bisons win three FCS National Championships. At North Dakota State, Jabril Cox put together three seasons of elite production.
From 2017-2019, Cox played in 45 total games. In those games, Cox had 258 total tackles, 32 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, 6 interceptions, and 18 passes defended. Last season at LSU, Cox had 58 total tackles, five passes defended, one sack, and 3 interceptions.
In a pass-heavy league that is the NFL, a linebacker with Cox’s coverage skills is going to demand a lot of teams attention leading up to April 29.
Cox is an excellent zone-coverage linebacker with great instincts that help him move around the field in a smooth fluid motion. He has shown the ability to read routes pre-snap while spying on the quarterback, he can cover tight-ends in man coverage and he’s shown great anticipation while covering a lot of ground.
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The more tape I watch on Cox, the more I strongly believe he is being a little disrespected as a blitzer, too. He has great speed and can be a dangerous blitzer on the outside, in the right defensive packages. Most importantly, Cox has the football IQ to have a lot of success at the next level.
Here’s a quote from an evaluator I once spoke to that comes into play here:
“Knowing where you need to go before you have to be there is the biggest difference between a great defender and an elite defender.”
That is who Jabril Cox is whenever he steps onto a football field.
The more you talk to people around the scouting community, many have Cox being drafted on day two of the 2021 NFL Draft. That’s the consensus view from the media who have close ties to the league as well.
Could an elite performance on April 26 push Jabril Cox up team draft boards enough for him to slide into the first round?
We’ll have to wait and see.
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