Career: App State’s career rushing leader with 5,103 yards, compiled as the player in program history with four 1,000-yard rushing seasons … Had 52 career rushing touchdowns (and 61 total touchdowns) as a four-time all-conference performer who helped lead App State to a 20-4 league record in its first three Sun Belt Conference seasons … First in program history in rushing yards per game (112.7) and 100-yard rushing games (29) over 45 appearances … Rushed for a career-best 250 yards against Georgia State in 2014 and had three 200-yard games over his first two seasons … Scored 21 touchdowns (including six as a receiver) while rushing for 1,250 yards as a freshman in App State’s final SoCon season, then had 19 rushing touchdowns during a 1,415-yard season as a sophomore … Rushed for a career-best 1,423 yards for an 11-2 team in 2015 before overcoming an early season injury and rushing for 1,015 yards in nine appearances as one of two 1,000-yard backs for a 10-3 team that won the program’s first Sun Belt championship.

2016: Became Appalachian State’s all-time leading rusher, went over 5,000 yards for his career, and became the first player in school history with four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in his final season as a Mountaineer … His 5,103 career rushing yards would make him 16th in FBS history for career rushing yards … Was No. 2 in NCAA with most career rushing yards (5,103) among active players when season ended … Second Team All-Sun Belt selection despite missing four games … Would have been league’s leading rusher with one more game played … Set App State records for Rushing Yards Per Game (112.7), Most Career 100-yard Games (29), and third in program history with 52 rushing touchdowns … Had seven 100-yard games as a senior in nine starts … Rushed for 143 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown in Camellia Bowl win over Toledo … Two-time Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week selection … Season highs came in wins over ULM with 21 carries for 153 yards, including a 25-yard TD run on which he became program’s all-time rushing leader … Also had 18 carries for 133 yards and 3 TDs in win over Old Dominion … Had 16 career multi-touchdown games and seven career three TD games … Preseason All-America and Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Year candidate … Ranked by both Athlon and Sporting News as the nation’s No. 25 running back in the preseason.

2015: Second-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection … rushed for a career-high 1,423 yards, good for the nation’s 13th-best rushing yards per game (118.6 avg.) … also ranked among the national leaders in all-purpose yardage (131.92 ypg - 20th), yards per carry (5.86 avg. - 37th) and rushing touchdowns (nine - t-74th) … played in and started 12 games … missed a game for the first time in his career when he sat out of the 10th game of the season at Idaho due to a lower-body injury … rushed for 100 yards in each of the first four games of the season and eight times in 12 games overall … opened the season with 101 yards on just 11 carries in 49-0 win over Howard … scored the Mountaineers’ second touchdown of the campaign on a 68-yard run early in the second quarter of the romp over season-opening shutout versus Howard … rushed for 103 yards on 25 carries against eventual national finalist Clemson … was one of only three student-athletes with 100 rushing yards against Clemson in 2015, joining Florida State’s Dalvin Cook and Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry from Alabama … accounted for 131 yards (124 rushing, 24 receiving) and two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) in rain-soaked 49-0 win at Old Dominion … also sloshed through the rain for 178 yards and a touchdown on just 15 carries (11.7 avg.) in 31-13 win over Wyoming … saw seven-game 100-yard rushing streak snapped when Appalachian State exploited Georgia State through the air in a 37-3 win at the Georgia Dome … rushed for 76 yards only 19 carries in the win over GSU … got back on the 100-yard train with 122 yards and two touchdowns in a 59-14 romp at UL Monroe … amassed 126 yards (90 rushing, 36 receiving) in 31-13 nationally televised win over archrival Georgia Southern … toted the ball a season-high 30 times for 140 yards in 44-41 triple-overtime victory over Troy … recorded 126 total yards, including a season-high 52 receiving yards, in loss to eventual Sun Belt champion Arkansas State … missed the following game at Idaho due to injury … returned to rush for 78 yards and two touchdowns in limited action against UL Lafayette … closed the regular season with a season-high 192 rushing yards on just 14 carries (13.7 avg.) in 34-27 win over South Alabama … also had an 18-yard touchdown catch in the win at USA … opened the win at South Alabama with a 74-yard run (his longest of the season) on the first play from scrimmage (App State took a 7-0 lead on a three-yard touchdown run by Jalin Moore on the next play) … was named the Bart Starr MVP of the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl after rushing for a game-high 162 yards on 24 carries (6.8 avg.) and two touchdowns in Appalachian State’s 31-29 victory over Ohio … 162 rushing yards were the 11th-most ever by a Mountaineer in a postseason game.

2014: Ranked among top 30 NCAA Division I FBS players nationally in rushing yards (1,415 – 22nd), rushing yards per game (117.9 – 22nd), rushing touchdowns (19 – t-11th) and scoring (9.5 points per game – t-16th) ... led the Sun Belt in rushing touchdowns and scoring ... 1,415 rushing yards ranked sixth in Appalachian State single-season history ... 19 rushing touchdowns tied for fourth in single-season school history ... 114 total points were tied for ninth in single-season program history ... rushed for 100 yards eight times, including six times in the final seven games of the season ... rushed for 200 yards twice (250 vs. Georgia State, 229 at Arkansas State) ... also caught 16 passes for 180 yards, giving him 1,595 all-purpose yards for the season ... 132.9 all-purpose yards per game ranked third in the Sun Belt and 38th among all FBS players ... played in all 12 games despite undergoing knee surgery 15 days prior to the season opener ... preseason knee injury contributed to a relatively slow start that saw him rush for 335 yards and five touchdowns over the first five games of the season ... barely two weeks removed from surgery, came off the bench to rush for 47 yards and a touchdown in season opener at Michigan ... rebounded for back-to-back 100-yard rushing performances against Campbell (114 yds, 2 TD) and Southern Miss (119 yds, 1 TD) ... managed just 99 all-purpose yards over the next two games (39 rushing, 24 receiving at Georgia Southern; 16 rushing, 23 receiving vs. South Alabama) ... ran for 111 yards and a touchdown in wild 55-48 overtime loss to Liberty ... following the loss to Liberty, became one of the primary catalysts for Appalachian State’s six-game winning streak to close the season, rushing for 969 yards (161.5 ypg) and 13 touchdowns over the final six contests ... kickstarted the terrific second half of the season with 123 yards and three touchdowns on just 16 carries (7.7 avg.) in 53-14 rout at Troy ... in a driving snowstorm the following week against Georgia State, ran for a career-high 250 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-0 victory ... 250 yards was good for the sixth-highest rushing total in school history and the most by an Appalachian State running back since Ritchie Melchor torched Chattanooga for a then-school-record 267 yards in 1989 ... for the only time in the final seven games of the season, he did not rush for 100 yards against UL Monroe but did record season highs for receptions (5) and receiving yards (56) to total 150 all-purpose yards in a thrilling 31-29 victory over ULM ... defined his terrific season in back-to-back road wins at Arkansas State and UL Lafayette, amassing 433 all-purpose yards on 78 touches over the two-game span to lead the Mountaineers to the impressive victories over the defending Sun Belt co-champions ... ran 40 times (third-highest total in school history) for 229 yards (13th in school history) and two touchdowns to lead the Mountaineers to the 37-32 triumph at A-State ... also had two receptions for 54 yards at Arkansas State for a total of 283 all-purpose yards in the win ... followed that up by carrying the ball 36 times for 151 yards and two scores against the Sun Belt’s top-ranked rushing defense in a 35-16 win at UL Lafayette ... twice named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week following the 200-yard rushing efforts against Georgia State and Arkansas State ... honored as a second-team all-conference selection.

2013: Set Appalachian State freshman records with 1,250 rushing yards and 21 total touchdowns ... tied the school’s freshman record with 15 rushing touchdowns ... 126 points were the third-most in school history, regardless of class or position ... led the Southern Conference in rushing, total touchdowns and scoring, ranked second in all-purpose yards (1,809) and rushing touchdowns, ranked eighth in receptions (43) and 10th in receiving yards (559) ... finished second in voting for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the NCAA Division I FCS Freshman of the Year ... earned a spot on 247Sports’ freshman all-America team ... of the 53 overall honorees on the 247Sports freshman all-America team, was the only FCS representative and one of only three players from non-BCS conferences ... garnered FCS freshman all-America recognition from College Sports Journal ... was the SoCon Freshman of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection by the league’s coaches and media ... named the SoCon Freshman of the Week a league-record six times in 12 games ... amazingly, all of his achievements came despite not earning a spot in the starting lineup until the third game of the season ... after compiling just 16 rushing yards and 31 receiving yards in the opener at Montana, had a coming-out party of sorts the next week against North Carolina A&T with 85 all-purpose yards (49 receiving, 36 rushing) and two touchdown catches, including a 35-yarder on the game’s opening series ... the performance versus N.C. A&T earned him a spot in the starting lineup for the next game at Elon, where he truly emerged as a dominant force ... amassed a season-high 308 all-purpose yards (159 rushing, 149 receiving) and scored three touchdowns (two receiving, one rushing) in the Mountaineers’ 31-21 victory ... became the first player in Appalachian State history with 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards in a single game ... buoyed by 50- and 73-yard touchdown catches, his 149 receiving yards were the most by a running back (regardless of class) and the most by a true freshman (regardless of position) in Appalachian State history ... followed the record-breaking performance at Elon with 180 all-purpose yards (91 receiving, 89 rushing) and three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) against Charleston Southern and 193 all-purpose yards (98 rushing, 95 receiving) and two rushing touchdowns at The Citadel ... after a relatively benign performance against Samford (118 rushing yards), bounced back with 118 yards on the ground and 44 through the air (162 all-purpose) at Furman ... surpassed the 100-yard mark on the ground the following week with 104 rushing yards and a touchdown in App State’s rout over No. 24 Georgia Southern ... rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns in narrow loss to eventual league co-champion Chattanooga ... was held under 100 all-purpose yards for the only time as a starter with 79 (59 rushing, 20 receiving) at Georgia ... rebounded from the tough outing at Georgia to combine for 358 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns over the final two games of the season at No. 24 Wofford and versus Western Carolina (both wins) ... rushed for 119 yards and three scores at Wofford ... set an Appalachian State freshman single-game record with 215 rushing yards and four total touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving) in the season-ending win over WCU ... earned his record-setting six SoCon Freshman of the Week awards following his performances against Elon, Charleston Southern, Furman, Chattanooga, Wofford and Western Carolina ... was also named National FCS Freshman of the Week by The Sports Network following the 308-yard effort at Elon ... was named the SoCon’s Offensive Player of the Month for November after compiling 601 yards from scrimmage (including 551 on the ground), nine touchdowns and three SoCon Player of the Week awards in four games.

High School: Rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com … was a three-year letterwinner as a running back and wide receiver … earned all-county recognition as a junior (all-purpose) and senior (running back) … finished prep career with 3,215 all-purpose yards (2,327 rushing, 888 receiving) and 44 total touchdowns (29 rushing, 10 receiving, five punt returns) … ranked among the top 10 in football-rich Gwinnett County with 683 rushing yards as a senior … also added six rushing touchdowns and 17 receptions for 283 yards and two scores during senior campaign … ran for 783 yards and 12 touchdowns and was team’s leading receiver with 26 catches for 503 yards and five touchdowns while helping lead team to Georgia AAAAA state quarterfinals as a junior in 2011 … coached by Jared Zito.

Personal: Full name is Marcus Lavelle Cox … born Sept. 20, 1994 (turns 22 during season) … son of Yvonne and Greg Cox … mother, Yvonne, was a standout volleyball player at Alabama State … brother, Greg Cox Jr., played football at Jacksonville State … cousin of former USC all-America linebacker and New England Patriots two-time Pro Bowler Willie McGinest … majoring in management.