The 2016 version of the Mountain West Connection top 50 football players countdown is here and the 13th player is New Mexico linebacker Dakota Cox.
He is well over a year removed from his torn ACL and that did not really slow him down. The media put him on the preseason all-conference team. Last year, Cox had 11 tackles for a loss, five sacks and 96 total tackles.
If the New Mexico defense is going to keep improving they need Cox to have an even bigger year in 2016.
Here are the staff picks and composite rankings.