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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | December 20, 1955 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Youngstown, Ohio | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Michigan State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1977 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 11 |
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Receiving yards: | 134 |
Touchdowns: | 0 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Michael Cobb (born December 20, 1955) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League.
Cobb played football for Michigan State University. He was selected in the first round (22nd overall) by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1977 NFL Draft. He played five seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Chicago Bears. After playing one season with the Bengals, he was traded to the Chicago Bears for whom he played from 1978 through 1981. Cobb also played for the Michigan Panthers in the USFL during the 1983 and 1984 seasons where he caught 118 passes for 1,319 yards with 10 touchdowns.
He is a cousin of Sherman Smith, a former running back and the current running backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks.
He now visits schools and talks.