Randall Cobb

At 33 years old, Randall Cobb has this physical status:

Randall Ladonald Cobb II (born August 22, 1990) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football at the University of Kentucky and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

Early life

Cobb was born to Randall Cobb Sr. and Tina Cobb. Randall Sr. worked at the Denso car parts factory in Maryville, Tennessee, and later served side jobs in the evenings, ranging from installing ceramic tile flooring to mowing lawns and plowing snow, with young Randall II assisting. Tina, a track star in high school, later worked at Denso, where she met Randall Sr.

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High school career

Cobb was a letterman at Alcoa High School in Alcoa, Tennessee, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. Cobb's football team was a four-time state champion in Class AA, and the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association named him "Mr. Football" in honor of his accomplishments. He played both offense and defense as well as special teams at the time, but the Tornadoes' quarterback made his greatest impact as quarterback. He was an All-District basketball player as a kid, competing for Micah Marsh.

Cobb also appeared as a track star at Alcoa. He was a four-year member of the track team and competed in sprints with the 4 100 m and 4 200 m squads, as well as the 4 100 m and 4 200 m squads. In the 100-meter dash in his senior year, he came in third, placing his best time in 10.75 seconds. In the 200-meter dash at age 16, he was clocked at 21.89 seconds. As a freshman, he also helped lead the Alcoa 4 & 100 m relay team to a second-place finish in the state meet.

College career

Cobb played for the University of Kentucky in college. He was named to the SEC All-Freshmen team at quarterback in his first year, playing in 11 games and starting four at quarterback. As a rookie, he scored 11 touchdowns – two passing, two receiving, and seven rushing.

In his sophomore season, he was mostly wide receiver as well as a key role in the offense/special teams' return kicks, place kick holding, receiving, and quarterback. During the 2009 season, he scored 15 touchdowns – four receiving, one returning, and tenrushing. He had an eight-game streak of scoring a touchdown during the season.

Cobb had a new head coach in Joker Phillips, who said, "He's one of the finest leaders I've ever been around." On a punt return against Western Kentucky, he scored a touchdown. Cobb scored four touchdowns against undefeated Auburn on October 9, 2010, tying the Kentucky school record for career touchdowns at 32. He was also the first player to score a rushing, passing, and touchdown in a single game for Kentucky since Shane Boyd in 2003. He had 1,017 receiving yards, seven receiving touchdowns, 424 passing yards, five rushing touchdowns, 58 passing yards, and three passing touchdowns in his junior season. He declared for the NFL Draft after his junior season.

Cobb studied in Community Communications and Leadership at the University of Kentucky.

Professional career

In the second round (64th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers selected Cobb. In 2011, Cobb was the seventh wide receiver drafted.

Cobb was signed by the Green Bay Packers in a four-year, $3.20 million deal that included a $1 million guarantee and a signing bonus of $834,124.

Cobb played in the Packers' first game of the season against the New Orleans Saints on September 8, 2011. Cobb threw a 32-yard touchdown in the first quarter and followed up with a 108-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, tied for the first kickoff return in NFL history, according to Ellis Hobbs of the New England Patriots in 2007. At the season-end NFL Honors banquet, the return was later dubbed Play of the Year.

On a Monday Night Football game against the Minnesota Vikings on November 14, Cobb scored his second special teams touchdown of the year on an 80-yard punt return in the first quarter. Cobb was the first rookie in Packers history to receive both a kick and a punt for a touchdown in the same season. He had 25 passes for 375 yards (a 15.0 average) and one touchdown on the season. His best statistics were on special teams, with 34 kicks for 941 yards (a 27.7 average) and one touchdown and 26 punt returns for 295 yards (an 11.3 average) and one touchdown.

Cobb made his playoff debut against the New York Giants in the Divisional Round. In the 37-20 loss, he had three receptions for 38 yards.

Cobb had seven receptions for 102 yards against the Houston Texans in Week 6, his first 100-yard game against the Houston Texans in Week 6. Cobb appeared in 15 games, eight of whom were starts in the 2012 season. He led the team in receptions with 80 and 904 yards, while ninth on the team with eight touchdowns. He set a single-season franchise record of 2,342 total net yards, 954 receiving, 964 passing, 964 on kickoff returns (a 25.4 average), and 292 on punt returns (a 9.4 average) with one touchdown. In this segment, he led the NFL. He was named a Pro Bowl first alternate as a kick returner.

Cobb was limited to six games (including four starts) in 2013 after suffering a broken fibula injury against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 6. At Soldier Field, he played in the regular season finale against the Chicago Bears. Aaron Rodgers came back from a spectacular 48-yard game-winning touchdown pass for the Packers in the fourth quarter to win the NFC North championship for the Packers. He had 31 receptions for 433 receiving yards and four touchdowns.

In a 38–17 victory over the Chicago Bears, Cobb had seven receptions for 113 yards and two touchdowns. In Week 7, against the Carolina Panthers, he had six receptions for 121 yards and one touchdown. In the 44–23 loss, he had five receptions for 126 yards and one touchdown against the New Orleans Saints. With ten receptions and 129 receiving yards against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 11, he reached his highs against the Philadelphia Eagles for season-bests. In Week 16, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he had 11 receptions for 131 yards. Cobb was named as a replacement for Dez Bryant in the Pro Bowl on January 19.

Cobb finished the season with 91 receptions on 126 targets for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns. He had a six-game touchdown streak and five games over 100 yards on the year. The Packers had a 12–4 record and were the first-seed in the NFC as the 2-seed. In the Divisional Round, against the Dallas Cowboys, he had eight receptions for 116 yards. In the 28–22 overtime loss, he had seven receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown in the NFC Championship against the Seattle Seahawks. He was ranked as the 100th best player in the NFL by his fellow fans on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.

Cobb was signed by the Green Bay Packers to a four-year, $40 million deal with a signing bonus of $13 million on March 7, 2015. Cobb outlined his thought process after completing the contract. "My heart was in Green Bay at the end of the day, and I knew it was where I wanted to be." I knew I had a good thing going on for me, but still, I signed a very lucrative contract that I could handle for the remainder of my life." Cobb also mentioned that the NFC Championship loss to the Seattle Seahawks had always bothered him. "Obviously, the loss is still painful." It's still feels new. I want to win a championship, and we were right there. We were close. We didn't do what we needed to win this year, but a lot of the guys are back this year, the same guys. A lot of our main guys are missing, and we suspect that puts us in the mix. So, we have to do business this offseason as well as getting better on a daily basis. We have to put ourselves in a position to go on a run next season," says the narrator.

Cobb had one of his best seasons as a teammate Jordy Nelson went down with an ACL in the preseason, and was in danger of losing his ACL. In Week 2, he had eight receptions for 116 yards against the Seattle Seahawks, giving the 27-17 victory. Cobb had three touchdowns in the 38–28 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the following game. Cobb recovered a James Starks fumble to give the Packers their first touchdown of the season in Week 13, a score 20–7 in favour of the Detroit Lions. After a Rodgers to Rodgers Hail Mary match, the Packers will win 27–23.

Cobb completed the season with 79 receptions on a career-high 129 targets for 829 yards and six touchdowns. Cobb scored a receiving touchdown in the 35–18 victory over Washington in the Wild Card Round.

In Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cobb was fined $9,115 for pulling the linebacker Paul Posluszny's face mask off. Cobb had 60 receptions on 84 yards for 610 yards and four touchdowns on the season. Cobb had five receptions for 116 yards and three touchdowns against the New York Giants, including catching a 42-yard Hail Mary from Aaron Rodgers at the end of the second quarter.

Cobb made 66 receptions for 653 yards and four touchdowns in the 2017 season, despite losing starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Packers had a 7–9 record and did not make the playoffs for the first time in his professional career.

In the season-opener against the Chicago Bears on September 9, 2018, Cobb passed for 142 yards and a touchdown. In the 24–23 victory, he made a career-long 75-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth quarter to give the Packers the go-ahead score. This game was his 15th game in his career with at least 100 receiving yards. Cobb sustained a hamstring injury and missed the next five weeks during two games with four receptions each, and he returned to limited service in Week 8 and Week 9. He finished the 2018 season with 38 receptions for 383 yards and two receiving touchdowns.

Cobb was signed by the Dallas Cowboys to a one-year, $5 million deal, which also includes a signing bonus of $2 million. He was the team's slot wide receiver on March 19, 2019. With 9:48 remaining in the third quarter, Cobb scored his first touchdown for the Cowboys in the first week of the 2019 season. In the 35–17 victory, Cobb had four catches for 69 yards and a touchdown.

Cobb intercepted six passes for 106 yards and a touchdown in Week 10 against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football on Sunday Night Football, defeating the 28–24 loss. Cobb had four receptions for 115 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Detroit Lions in Week 11 as the Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions 35–27. Cobb also had 55 receptions for 828 receiving yards and three touchdowns on the 2019 season.

The Houston Texans agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal with a $18 million guarantee and a signing bonus of $6 million. He was brought on to help the team recover from DeAndre Hopkins' absence.

During the 28-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cobb passed for 95 yards and his first touchdown reception as a Texan. During the 35-20 loss, Cobb's old team, the Green Bay Packers, had eight catches for 95 yards in Week 7 against his former team. After suffering a toe injury in Week 11, he was put on injured reserve on November 25, 2020. Cobb finished the 2020 season with 38 receptions for 441 passing yards and three touchdowns.

On July 28, 2021, the Green Bay Packers acquired Cobb at the request of his close friend and former colleague, quarterback Aaron Rodgers. In exchange for a sixth-round draft pick, Houston gave Cobb the rights - and the bulk of his salary obligations - to the Packers. During a Week 12 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, he sustained an injury on a touchdown catch and was deemed questionable to return to the field. On December 11, he was put on injured reserve. Matt LaFleur, the Packers' Divisional Round playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers, where they lost on their last second field goal on January 19th. Cobb finished the 2021 season with 28 receptions for 375 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns.

Cobb was placed on injured reserve on October 22, 2022, after suffering an ankle injury in Week 6.

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