Football Notes: Mississippi St. Cox will be pro

Mississippi State defensive tackle Fletcher Cox is skipping his senior season and declare the NFL draft. Cox was considered one of the country

Cox, who is 6 feet 4 inches, 295 pounds, is the only player from Mississippi State must first-team all-Southeastern Conference selection this season. Cox, junior year, finished the season with dominant 2 1/2 tackles for loss and five sacks.

Cox played defensive tackle and defensive end at Mississippi State but says that he should be evaluated as a tackle by NFL teams. ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay has been ranked the best 20 players Cox in the draft and second-best defensive tackle available behind Penn State

Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict will skip his senior season and made himself eligible for the draft, as well. Burfict thanked his coach and Professor and added he planned to return to school in the future to get a degree. Burfict 6-3 was the Sun Devils

Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said

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