Cox, 33, was a four-time All-Pro and six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle, helping lead the team to a Super Bowl title.
Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher Cox with his teammate during player introductions before the Eagles played the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, December 31, 2023 in Philadelphia.After spending 12 seasons exclusively with the Eagles, helping lead the team to a Super Bowl LII victory, Fletcher Cox is calling it a career.
“I gave everything I had to this team and to this city. I don’t know what’s next for me, but I do know that I’m forever grateful for my time here in Philadelphia and with the Eagles organization.”The Eagles drafted Cox, the Yazoo City, Miss. native, with 12thoverall pick in 2012 out of Mississippi State.
He continued to ascend coming off the Super Bowl LII victory in the 2017 season and hit a career-high in single-season sacks in 2018 with 10.5. That year, he earned his lone first-team All-Pro distinction and was also named to the Pro Bowl. His six Pro Bowl appearances are the most ever by a franchise defensive tackle. In 2020, Cox was named to the 2010s All-Decade Team as one of two defensive tackles to post more than 45 sacks and at least 10 forced fumbles in that decade.
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