Jason Fox
Encyclopedia
Jason Fox is an American football
offensive left tackle from the University of Miami
football team
selected by the Detroit Lions
as the 30th pick in the 4th round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He started 47 games for the Hurricanes, two away from breaking the school start mark by an offensive lineman set by Richard Mercier and Mike Sullivan (48) and three away from tying the mark regardless of position by William Joseph
.
. Miami former offensive line coach Mario Cristobal recruited him. At North Crowley High School, he played tight end
his junior year and moved to the offensive line as a senior. He was rated by Scout.com and Rivals.com as a four-star recruit. Fox went to church at St. Paul Lutheran, his family is still going to church there.
While at the University of Miami, Fox was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha
Fraternity.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
offensive left tackle from the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
football team
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
selected by the Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
as the 30th pick in the 4th round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He started 47 games for the Hurricanes, two away from breaking the school start mark by an offensive lineman set by Richard Mercier and Mike Sullivan (48) and three away from tying the mark regardless of position by William Joseph
William Joseph (American football)
William Joseph is a free agent American football defensive tackle who last played for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
.
Early life
Fox was born and raised in Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. Miami former offensive line coach Mario Cristobal recruited him. At North Crowley High School, he played tight end
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
his junior year and moved to the offensive line as a senior. He was rated by Scout.com and Rivals.com as a four-star recruit. Fox went to church at St. Paul Lutheran, his family is still going to church there.
College career
Fox decided between Miami and many Big 12 schools before deciding that he wanted to go play for the 'U'. Started at right tackle as a true freshman in the season opener against Florida State. Became the starting left tackle midway through the season and held on to it for the remainder of his time at Miami. Before the start of Fox' senior year, he was selected to his first Preseason All-ACC Team.While at the University of Miami, Fox was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
Fraternity.