Tomon Fox

OLB

#45

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 27

Weight: 245 lbs

College: North Carolina

Biography

In three seasons with the Giants, Fox has played in 28 games with one start…Totals include 35 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, four quarterback hits, and 4 special teams tackles…Has also appeared in two postseason games.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

In three seasons with the Giants, Fox has played in 28 games with one start…Totals include 35 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, four quarterback hits, and 4 special teams tackles…Has also appeared in two postseason games.
In 2024, spent time on both the Giants' practice squad and active roster…Played in 11 games and totaled 12 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and 3 quarterback hits…Recorded 2 special teams tackles…Played 207 defensive snaps and 205 on special teams.
In 2023, spent most of the season on the Giants' practice squad…Played in one game, at Philadelphia (12/25/23).
As a rookie in 2022, played in 16 regular-season games with one start and played in both Giants postseason games…Tallied 23 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, 1 quarterback hit, and 1 special teams tackle…Made his NFL debut and tackled Ryan Tannehill for his first career sack and the Giants' only sack of the game in a season-opening victory at Tennessee (9/11/22).

COLLEGE

Played in 60 games with 47 starts in six seasons at UNC…Totaled 164 tackles…Left North Carolina ranking 3rd in program history with 29.5 career sacks and 6th with 42 tackles for loss…Also had 4 forced fumbles and 3 fumble recoveries.
In 2021, started all 13 games at outside linebacker…Selected third-team All-ACC…Contributed 33 tackles (23 solo), and led the team with 9 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks, the 5th most in the ACC.
In 2020, started all 12 games and tallied 36 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks…All-ACC honorable mention…Earned the team's Bill Koman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Academics, Athletics & Leadership.
In 2019, started all 13 games…Collected 41 tackles, tied for the team lead with 6.5 sacks and tied for 2nd with 9 tackles for loss.
In 2018, started all 8 games in which he played…Posted 27 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 fumble recoveries and 1 blocked field goal…
In 2017, played in all 12 games and made his first two career starts…Had 23 tackles (13 solo) and was 2nd on the team with 4.0 sacks.
As a true freshman in 2016, played in the season's first 2 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury vs. Illinois.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

Attended the United Way of New York City's Gridiron Gala event at Glasshouses in NYC, which raised more than $2 million for UWNYC programming… Attended the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Sundae Blitz event in MetLife Stadium to enjoy ice cream and games with families of children fighting cancer… Visited ABLE Athletics, an organization that empowers athletes with all abilities, to help coach the athletes during their flag football session… Attended the American Institute for Stuttering Gala to support his teammate Joshua Ezeudu, who has a stutter, received an award for his advocacy and support of the organization… Partnered with the American Heart Association to encourage students to be active for 60 minutes a day while creating healthy habits and presented the school with a $1,500 equipment grant at Wood-Ridge Intermediate School in Wood-Ridge, NJ… Joined staff members from Citizens to plant cherry trees and clean graffiti at Branch Brook Park in Newark… Served as a coach during the Giants Women's Club Big Blue Challenge flag football fundraiser with 50 club members to support the American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer research… Visited Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, NY to tour the base, met with soldiers and attended an enlistment ceremony for 20 new service members... Represented Breast Cancer Research Foundation during Week 13 of the NFL season for My Cause My Cleats… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

Earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science.
Selected first-team all-state at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Ga., where he registered 114 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, 34 quarterback hits, 4 forced fumbles and blocked 2 punts as a senior.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on 5/13/22.
Released by the Giants on 8/29/23and signed to their practice squad on 8/30/23.
Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on 1/10/24.
Released by the Giants on 8/27/24 and signed to their practice squad on 8/28/24.
Re-signed with the Giants on 3/7/25.