SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Jasir Cox

Ahead of Saturday's Senior Day festivities, take a look back at the career of SPEAR Jasir Cox.

Jasir Cox (Kansas City, Mo.) joined the Mountaineer football team as a transfer from North Dakota State in the summer of 2022. He graduated in May 2022 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a minor in psychology from West Virginia University.

Since he's been in the gold and blue, Cox has 44 tackles (26 solo), 3.5 TFLs for 13 yards, and a pair of fumble recoveries, one of which was brought back 65 yards and into the endzone for Cox's sole touchdown (Baylor).

Julia Mellett - Sports Illustrated: FanNation - Mountaineers Now

2021 (Jr.) - North Dakota State

• Played for coach Matt Entz at North Dakota State
• Named All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second Team
• Started 14 games at linebacker, helping the Bison win the 2021 NCAA FCS National Championship
• Missed the NCAA second round playoff game due to illness
• Finished the year as NDSU's third-leading tackler with 58 tackles, three tackles for loss, 1 ½ sacks and three interceptions
• Had two interceptions at Illinois State and one the following week against Missouri State
• Also had two pass breakups and one forced fumble
• Season-high seven tackles against Indiana State and in the national championship win over Montana State

2020 (COVID) – North Dakota State

• Started all 10 games at linebacker, helping NDSU to the NCAA national quarterfinals
• NDSU's third leading tackler with 52 total tackles
• Made 2 ½ tackles for loss and had one sack
• Had five pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble
• Career-high eight tackles in the NCAA first round playoff win over Eastern Washington
• Seven tackles against Central Arkansas, including six solo stops
• Also had seven tackles at Southern Illinois

2019 (So.) – North Dakota State

• Played in 13-of-16 games, helping NDSU win the NCAA FCS National Championship
• Made a tackle on NDSU's first kickoff of the season against Butler but was injured and missed the rest of the nonconference slate
• Had one tackle for loss in his return at Illinois State
• Season-high six tackles including four solo stops, a tackle for loss and an assisted sack in the win over South Dakota
• Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll

2018 (Fr.) – North Dakota State

• Played in 10-of-15 games as a true freshman, helping NDSU win the NCAA FCS National Championship
• Played a majority of his time on the kickoff coverage team and punt defense
• NDSU ranked ninth in FCS and led the Missouri Valley Football Conference averaging 15.61 yards per punt return

You can follow us on Facebook & Twitter for future coverage:

Facebook - @WVUonSI

Twitter - @MountaineersNow and Julia Mellett - @JuliaMellett