2014 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll2013 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll2013 NSU Chris Waddell Award2013 NSU Sam Goodwin Link Award2012 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll2011 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2014 Season: Appeared in 12 games with zero starts … made 31 tackles with two tackles for loss … added one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry … had a season-high four tackles against Missouri State with three each against Southern, Incarnate Word, Sam Houston State, Central Arkansas, Abilene Christian and Nicholls State.
2013 Season: Finished 13th for the Purple Swarm with 30 tackles … appeared in 10 games with four starts … career-high nine tackles against Central Arkansas, seven solo and two assisted … had five tackles in the season finale against Stephen F. Austin, and four against Sam Houston State … three tackles each against Lamar, McNeese State and Southern … recoded one tackle for loss against Lamar, and one-half tackle for loss against McNeese State and SFA ... intercepted a pass against SFA.
2012 Season: Played in seven games … one tackle versus Lamar.
2011 Season: Redshirted.
High School: Lettered all four years in football and three years in baseball … contributed to two state championships and a state runner-up title with a 15-0 record as a freshman and two state titles in baseball … football team had a 49-6 record during his time at Parkview Baptist ... as a sophomore, Paxton was named second-team all-district as a linebacker in football and a catcher in baseball ... as a junior, named to first-team all-district in both positions and earned all-district, All-Metro Defensive MVP, all-state linebacker and the state championship game MVP… finished his high school career with consecutive first-team all-district and all-state linebacker honors, along with an all-metro cornerback award … participated in the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, FCA and Leadership Scholarship … was a Bob Anderson Scholarship Nominee … graduated with a 3.7 GPA.
Personal: Born Paxton Samuel Cook on Jan. 28, 1993 … son of Jeff and Sherrie Cook … father is an LSU graduate, working in civil engineering and mother is an administrative assistant … has one sister, Katie … majoring in health and exercise science (3.8 GPA) … plans to pursue a career as a physical therapist in sports medicine after completing his studies … his life’s ambition is to “become a physical therapist and be a good father.”
| Cook's Career Stats |
| TACKLES |
| YEAR | G | T | A | TOT | TFL | S | FF | FR | INT | PBU | BLK |
| 2014 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 29 | 40 | 22 | 62 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| GAME HIGHS |
| Tackles: 9 vs. Central Arkansas, Nov. 2, 2013 |
| Tackles for loss: 1.0, three times, last vs. Sam Houston State, Oct. 18,2014 |
| Interceptions: 1 vs. Stephen F. Austin, Nov. 23, 2013 |
