Randall Cobb (American football)
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No. 18 Green Bay Packers
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| Wide receiver / Return specialist | |||||||||||
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Personal information
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| Date of birth: August 22, 1990 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth: Maryville, Tennessee | |||||||||||
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Career information
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| High school: Alcoa High School Alcoa, Tennessee |
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| College: Kentucky | |||||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 64 | |||||||||||
| Debuted in 2011 for the Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
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Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||||||||||
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Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2012
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- For the boxer and actor, see Randall "Tex" Cobb
Randall Ladonald Cobb II[1] (born August 22, 1990[2]) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League, and the first person born within the 1990s to play in an NFL game.
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[edit] High school
Cobb attended Alcoa High School in Alcoa, Tennessee, U.S., where the football team was a four-time State Champion in Class AA and Cobb received a "Mr. Football" trophy from the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.
[edit] College
Cobb played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. During his freshman year was named to the SEC All-Freshmen team at Quarterback playing in 11 games and starting 4 at quarterback. He scored 2 throwing, 2 receiving, and 7 rushing touchdowns during his freshman year.
In his sophomore season, he played mainly at the wide receiver position but, also played a significant role in the offense/special teams returning kicks, place kick holding, receiving, and also performing the quarterback role in the "Wildcat" formation, and scored 4 receiving, 1 returning, and 10 rushing touchdowns during the 2009 season.
In his junior season, Cobb scored a touchdown on a punt return against Western Kentucky. Head coach Joker Phillips said, "He's one of the best leaders I've ever been around." On October 9, 2010, Cobb scored four touchdowns against an undefeated Auburn team, tying the Kentucky school record for career touchdowns at 32. He was also the first player to score a rushing, passing, and receiving touchdown in the same game for the University of Kentucky since Shane Boyd in 2003.[3][4]
[edit] Professional career
Cobb was drafted in the 2nd round (64th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.[5] On September 8, 2011, in the Packers' opening game of the season against the New Orleans Saints, Cobb became the first person born in the 1990s to play in the NFL.[6] Cobb recorded his first NFL touchdown on a 32-yard reception in the first quarter, and followed up with a 108 yard kickoff return in the third quarter that tied the record set by Ellis Hobbs of the New England Patriots, in 2007 for longest kickoff return in NFL history, and was later named Play of the Year at the season-ending NFL Honors banquet.[7] In a Monday night game against the Minnesota Vikings on November 14, Cobb scored his second special teams touchdown of the year on an 80 yard punt return in the first quarter. With that, Cobb became the first rookie in Packers history to return both a kick and a punt for a touchdown in the same season.
[edit] NFL records
- Longest kickoff return touchdown in a single game: 108 yards (2011) (tied with Ellis Hobbs and Jacoby Jones)
[edit] References
- ^ "Green Bay Packers: Randall Cobb". Packers.com. http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Randall-Cobb/73b39eef-a7a8-4155-a341-c5f02b501345.
- ^ http://www.scout.com/a.z?s=143&p=8&c=1&nid=3220810
- ^ http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101010aab.html, UK Release, Retrieved October 11, 2010
- ^ http://www.amnews.com/stories/2010/09/13/uks.403317.sto, Danville Advocate, Retrieved October 11, 2010[dead link]
- ^ Nickel, Lori (April 29, 2011). "Packers Like Cobb's Versatility". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/121010999.html. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ "Randall Cobb becomes first NFL player born in 1990s". September 9, 2011. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/08/randall-cobb-becomes-first-nfl-player-born-in-1990s/. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Kareem Copeland, "Season-opening kickoff return wins Cobb NFL Play of the Year award", Green Bay Gazette, February 4, 2012. ("'If I did what I was supposed to do, which is stay in the end zone, like my coach told me, y’all probably wouldn’t know my name right now,' Cobb said.")
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