Dustin Fox
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Dustin Erik Fox is an American football
cornerback
who is currently a free agent
. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings
in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft
. He played college football
at Ohio State
.
Fox has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles
and Buffalo Bills
.
and senior
. He gathered 12 interceptions on defense and ran for over 1,250 rushing yards with 12 touchdown
s. He participated in the first ever U.S. Army All-American Bowl
game on December 30, 2000.
, He helped lead the team to the BCS National Championship in 2002 at the Fiesta Bowl
and was considered one of the Buckeyes most consistent players throughout his tenure at the school. He graduated with a Communications major.
by the Minnesota Vikings
. Fox fractured the radius bone in his left arm in training camp while tackling running back
Mewelde Moore
, during the first session in full gear, and was released on September 2, 2006.
, Fox was signed to the Philadelphia Eagles
' practice squad, but was promoted to the 53-man roster on September 19. He was however released by the Eagles on October 4, and then re-signed to the practice squad the next day. On January 27, 2007, Fox was signed to a new contract by the Eagles.
practice squad as a wide receiver
, but was shortly moved back to the secondary. He was promoted to the 53-man roster of the Bills on November 23, 2007. On August 30, 2008 the Bills released Fox during final cuts.
Ten weeks into the 2008 season, Fox was re-signed to the Bills' practice squad on November 12. He was promoted to the active roster on November 21 after linebacker
Marcus Buggs
was placed on injured reserve
.
A restricted free agent
in the 2009 offseason, Fox was re-signed by the Bills on February 26. He was waived on August 12 when the team re-signed center
Christian Gaddis
.
. Dustin also has four uncles who played football for the Ohio State Buckeyes
. One of his uncles, Tim Fox
, was also a co-captain of his 1975 senior year team along with Archie Griffin
at Ohio State. Tim Fox also went on to play 12 years of Safety in the NFL for the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers, and the then Los Angeles Rams.
Beginning in 2010, Fox was signed by Cleveland ABC
affiliate WEWS channel 5 to be an Ohio State Buckeyes
football analyst.http://www.twitter.com/andy_baskin
Fox also had been heard on WKNR
AM 850's OSU pregame show during the 2010 college football season, and now co-hosts the afternoon drive talk show on WKRK-FM
"Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan" alongside Adam "the Bull" Gerstenhaber.
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...
cornerback
Cornerback
A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
who is currently a free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft
2005 NFL Draft
The 2005 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 2005. The league also held an supplemental draft that year, which was held after...
. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes football
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
.
Fox has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
.
Early years
While attending Glen Oak High School in Canton, Fox was named to the First-team Division I Associated Press All-Ohio selection on defense as a juniorEleventh grade
Eleventh Grade is the eleventh, and for some countries final, grade of secondary schools. Students are typically 16 or 17 years of age, depending on the country and the students' birthdays.-Brazil:...
and senior
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
. He gathered 12 interceptions on defense and ran for over 1,250 rushing yards with 12 touchdown
Touchdown
A touchdown is a means of scoring in American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.-Description:...
s. He participated in the first ever U.S. Army All-American Bowl
U.S. Army All-American Bowl
The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is a high school football all-star game held in early January in San Antonio, Texas. Currently played in the Alamodome, the game brings 90 of the nation's top high school football players in an East versus West matchup. In addition to the Bowl game, there is the U.S...
game on December 30, 2000.
College career
Fox was a 4-year starter for Ohio State UniversityOhio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, He helped lead the team to the BCS National Championship in 2002 at the Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil...
and was considered one of the Buckeyes most consistent players throughout his tenure at the school. He graduated with a Communications major.
Minnesota Vikings
Fox was drafted in the 3rd round (80th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft2005 NFL Draft
The 2005 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 2005. The league also held an supplemental draft that year, which was held after...
by the Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
. Fox fractured the radius bone in his left arm in training camp while tackling running back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
Mewelde Moore
Mewelde Moore
Mewelde Jaem Cadere Moore is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
, during the first session in full gear, and was released on September 2, 2006.
Philadelphia Eagles
On September 4, 20062006 NFL season
The 2006 NFL season was the 87th regular season of the National Football League.Regular season play was held from September 7 to December 31, 2006...
, Fox was signed to the Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
' practice squad, but was promoted to the 53-man roster on September 19. He was however released by the Eagles on October 4, and then re-signed to the practice squad the next day. On January 27, 2007, Fox was signed to a new contract by the Eagles.
Buffalo Bills
Fox was signed to the Buffalo BillsBuffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
practice squad as a wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
, but was shortly moved back to the secondary. He was promoted to the 53-man roster of the Bills on November 23, 2007. On August 30, 2008 the Bills released Fox during final cuts.
Ten weeks into the 2008 season, Fox was re-signed to the Bills' practice squad on November 12. He was promoted to the active roster on November 21 after linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
Marcus Buggs
Marcus Buggs
Marcus Leon Buggs is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Vanderbilt.-External links:**...
was placed on injured reserve
Injured reserve
The injured reserve list is a list of reserved players who are injured and unable to play for a period of time, used most prominently in the National Hockey League and National Football League . It is used because these leagues have a maximum number of players on the team roster, so placing a...
.
A restricted free agent
Restricted free agent
A restricted free agent is a professional athlete who plays in the KHL, NFL, NHL, or NBA. Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams.- NFL :...
in the 2009 offseason, Fox was re-signed by the Bills on February 26. He was waived on August 12 when the team re-signed center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
Christian Gaddis
Christian Gaddis
Christian Gaddis is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
.
Personal
Fox's brother, Derek Fox, played football for Penn State, the St Louis Rams, and the Indianapolis ColtsIndianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
. Dustin also has four uncles who played football for the Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the state tree, the Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports...
. One of his uncles, Tim Fox
Tim Fox
Timothy Richard Fox is a former American Football safety who played for the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1986....
, was also a co-captain of his 1975 senior year team along with Archie Griffin
Archie Griffin
Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back. Griffin played seven seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. He is college football's only two-time Heisman Trophy winner...
at Ohio State. Tim Fox also went on to play 12 years of Safety in the NFL for the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers, and the then Los Angeles Rams.
Beginning in 2010, Fox was signed by Cleveland ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate WEWS channel 5 to be an Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the state tree, the Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports...
football analyst.http://www.twitter.com/andy_baskin
Fox also had been heard on WKNR
WKNR
WKNR — branded ESPN 850 WKNR — is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio. Owned by Good Karma Broadcasting, WKNR is the primary Cleveland affiliate for ESPN Radio; together with sister station WWGK, WKNR is often referred to as ESPN Cleveland.WKNR is the Cleveland affiliate...
AM 850's OSU pregame show during the 2010 college football season, and now co-hosts the afternoon drive talk show on WKRK-FM
WKRK-FM
WKRK-FM — branded Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio, WKRK-FM is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts a sports format...
"Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan" alongside Adam "the Bull" Gerstenhaber.