Aaron Cox (born March 13, 1965) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

wide receiver. He played professionally in the

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(NFL) for the

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and the

Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...

Early life

Cox was born in

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and graduated from Susan Miller Dorsey High School. He attended

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

. He was a highly productive receiver in college, finishing his career with 2,353 yards. *1985: 40 catches for 788 yards with 5 TD. *1986: 35 catches for 695 yards with 2 TD. *1987: 42 catches for 870 yards with 5 TD.

Professional career

Cox was drafted by the

in the first round of the

1988 NFL Draft The 1988 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24–25, 1988, at the Marriot Ma ...

. He played professionally for six seasons. His most productive season was his rookie year, when he caught 28 receptions for 590 yards and five touchdowns. He never lived up to his first-round billing, as one of the draft choices acquired by the Rams, in the trade that sent

Cornelius Bennett Cornelius O'Landa Bennett (born August 25, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1995, Atlanta Falcons from 1996 to 1998 ...

to the

Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division ...

References

External links

Pro-Football-Reference.Com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Aaron 1965 births Living people Players of American football from Los Angeles American football wide receivers Arizona State Sun Devils football players Los Angeles Rams players Indianapolis Colts players Susan Miller Dorsey High School alumni