Joe Cofer Rule HS & VOL

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

He was one talented player. Mike's brother


Belive he won a super bowl with redskins


Anyone remember him early 80s or so

 

[VOLED]

He was one talented player. Mike's brother
Belive he won a super bowl with redskins


Anyone remember him early 80s or so

Yes, I'm thinking he was an undersized LB that would knock your head off.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Yes, I'm thinking he was an undersized LB that would knock your head off.

Yes, he would go full speed until he ran into something!

 

[wmcovol]

They had a brother between them that took the Clemson $ with Terry Minor & got CU on probation.

Joe played well. He was ineligible his sr yr and played at C-N I believe.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

They had a brother between them that took the Clemson $ with Terry Minor & got CU on probation.

Joe played well. He was ineligible his sr yr and played at C-N I believe.

Quick Google search shows some recent legal trouble


I know his brother Mike died 5 years ago

 

[feathersax]

He was one talented player. Mike's brother


Belive he won a super bowl with redskins


Anyone remember him early 80s or so

Joe ("Stop") played defense while Joe ("Go") played offense.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Joe ("Stop") played defense while Joe ("Go") played offense.

Believe you have mixed up the brothers....... It was Mike that was part of the Stop Start duo unless my aging memory has taken a turn for the worse.

 

[feathersax]

Believe you have mixed up the brothers....... It was Mike that was part of the Stop Start duo unless my aging memory has taken a turn for the worse.

You may be correct. I'm no spring chicken, either; just recall the Tennessee coaches calling them STOP & GO because they couldn't tell them apart.

 

[UT Hill Man]

Believe you have mixed up the brothers....... It was Mike that was part of the Stop Start duo unless my aging memory has taken a turn for the worse.

The Vols had two Mike Cofers on the roster. Michael was known as “Stop” and the other, a tight end, was known as “Go.”

Joe was the younger brother of Michael "Stop" Cofer.

 

[knox73]

James Cofer was other brother.

 

[knox73]

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This was certainly messy with James Cofer and Terry Minor. It caused upheaval for Clemson. James later had legal problems involving narcotics. Mike Cofer who played at UT and Detroit Lions was phenomenal.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Joe ("Stop") played defense while Joe ("Go") played offense.

As others have pointed out, they aren’t related. “Stop” was a really good defender. “Go” was a not very good tight end.

 

[BigBadVol]

One morning in 1982, I was running on the track while Mike Cofer was running. He would sprint for half track and walk half track. He was tall, long and fast. It was another level. Serious dude.

 

[stolitonic]

These are bittersweet times for Clemson football. In the months... - UPI Archives

These are bittersweet times for Clemson football....

www.upi.com

This was certainly messy with James Cofer and Terry Minor. It caused upheaval for Clemson. James later had legal problems involving narcotics. Mike Cofer who played at UT and Detroit Lions was phenomenal.

Wow. Gotta be honest-

While I knew of Clemsons problems in the 80s, I was unaware of the Knoxville/UT connection. Was kind of just before I started getting interested in football.

Tigers being wounded for a while really fueled the late 80s and 90s run for UT.

Never ceases to amaze me how interconnected things are in life.

 

[onthehill71]

Mike Cofer was a beast with the Lions. Loved to watch the Vol create havoc.