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Marcus Cox.....5000? Career rushing yards

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Marcus Cox.....5000? Career rushing yards

Unread post by CornCobPipes » Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:19 pm

Can Marcus reach the pinnacle 5000 yd mark?
He only needs 40 more to put him in some elite company. Some alltime greats have left early or plagued by injury ....but here is a list.....can he surpass to get into top 20 alltime?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... ds_leaders
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Unread post by bigdaddyg » Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:14 pm

Wow if he hadn't missed those games he is top 10 all time

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Unread post by /\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09 » Thu Dec 15, 2016 11:06 pm

Speaking of milestones, Ron Dayne's record is likely to be broken as well with San Diego State's bowl game.
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Unread post by AppSt94 » Thu Dec 15, 2016 11:18 pm

Can you imagine a 220 yard game would vault him past a two time Heisman winner? That would be quite the accomplishment.

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Unread post by 85gradinATL » Fri Dec 16, 2016 6:25 am

I think the bigger accomplishment would be if he gets 1000. That makes him one of less than 10 folks who have had 4 1000 yard seasons. That shows remarkable consistency.

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Unread post by Rick83 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:59 am

85gradinATL wrote:I think the bigger accomplishment would be if he gets 1000. That makes him one of less than 10 folks who have had 4 1000 yard seasons. That shows remarkable consistency.
I agree, it'd be a weird thing for him not to get the 5,000 at this point, like he gets injured early in the game or while getting off the bus. I think with the Toledo defense he really has a shot at the 1,000 mark for the season even with sharing the load with Moore.

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Unread post by Yosef84 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:48 pm

We could rack up some yardage on the Toledo Defense. I don't know how many touches Marcus is likely to get but if he can break a long run, he has a shot at breaking 1000. I think he needs about 130 yards, so it will be tough to pick up 5 yards at a time. Mixing in a couple of long ones isn't exactly a huge leap though. It could happen!

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Unread post by CornCobPipes » Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:54 pm

After finishing his second Bowl victory, Marcus becomes one of only 9 FBS players in history to rush for 1000 yards for 4 seasons as well as the 22nd player in FBS history to surpass 5000 career yards. Cox finished out his career at App with 143 yds vs Toledo in the CAMELIA BOWL victory!

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Unread post by BUTCH1991 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:24 pm

Amen, thank you Marcus. You have been a blessing to this school.

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Unread post by AppDawg » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:39 pm

Elite company:

Cox became the ninth FBS player with four 1,000-yard seasons and the 22nd to top 5,000 in his career.

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Unread post by boonetown1 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:14 pm

http://draftanalyst.com/shrine-practice-east-team-page

Nice assessment on Cox's performance so far in the Shrine bow practice.

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Unread post by T-Dog » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:34 pm

To go back to the 4x1000 feat, Cox got the 1,000 in his final carry, that 10 yard burst get a first down after the missed FG to ice the game.

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Unread post by proasu89 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:21 pm

T-Dog wrote:To go back to the 4x1000 feat, Cox got the 1,000 in his final carry, that 10 yard burst get a first down after the missed FG to ice the game.

That run reminded me of KR's 3rd down run to seal the 05 Championship.

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Unread post by Rekdiver » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:19 pm

If you watch the replay Sat is so pumped cause he knew Cox got it.

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Unread post by boonetown1 » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:13 pm

Marcus Cox has been getting interest from several NFL teams (most from Eagles and Chargers, but i have seen mentions on other boards) and has had interviews with the Chargers at the East/West Shrine bowl.

https://walterfootball.com/eastwest2017interviews5.php

http://phillysportsnetwork.com/2017/01/19/shrine/

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Unread post by ASU3432Mi » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:48 pm

Cox is #14 on East squad tomorrow in East/West Shrine game. 3pm on NFL Network. Gilchrist is #56 on National team in NFLPA collegiate bowl at 4:15 on FS1.

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