Here from Caste Football's archives is some more info on Fox and how he, one of the few white players playing a "taboo" position and doing so at a very high level, is being steered toward his "proper role" in the NFL:
(9/15/04) Here's a great example of how a very talented white college athlete is already being "demoted" when it comes to playing in the NFL.
Dustin Fox is a starting cornerback for Ohio State, one of the very few starting white cornerbacks in Division I-A. In fact, the 2004 season is notable because besides Ohio State, Arizona State and Boston College also have white starting cornerbacks, which is about three more teams than usual.
Here's a description of Fox provided by a contributor to Caste Football:
He has a 40 inch vertical and can run with the best of them. Dustin was a track star in high school. I think he¡¯s even quicker than Sehorn and that¡¯s saying something. He¡¯s also led the team in solo tackles 2 years ago & was 2nd in solo tackles last season. The big question is will any team in the NFL allow him to play cornerback at the next level? Lets hope so because we need white cornerbacks as bad as white running backs.
Unfortunately, the answer to that question is already being answered some seven months before the 2005 NFL Draft. Jason Sehorn played cornerback for USC. During the run-up to the NFL Draft however, Sehorn was declared by Mel Kiper and other "draft gurus" to be a safety, and that's the position he played for the New York Giants for two seasons before being allowed to play cornerback. Of course he was one of the very best NFL cornerbacks when healthy. The Giants at the time were one of about three NFL teams who would have even given Sehorn the chance to play corner. The rest would have played him at safety or simply cut him.
The same "conversion process" is now underway in the media when it comes to Fox. A service called "Scouts Inc." rates college players for ESPN. In the intro to this year's senior class of prospects at the various offensive and defensive positions, cornerback Dustin Fox is included as a safety: "This year's safety class doesn't have a Sean Taylor (#5 overall pick to the Redskins in 2004), but Oklahoma's Donte Nicholson, UNLV's Jamaal Brimmer, Georgia Tech's James Butler and Ohio State's Dustin Fox (plays cornerback for the Buckeyes but should move to safety in the NFL) are all potential NFL starters that warrant consideration between the late first and second rounds." [emphasis added]
And here is Scouts Inc.'s capsule description of Fox: "Grade 77 [out of 100]. Bottom line: Fox started two of the 12 games he played in as a true freshman in 2001 and saw action both at safety and cornerback. Fox has been a full-time starting cornerback since his sophomore season in '02. He started all 13 games as a junior in '03 and finished with 77 total tackles, three TFL, three INTs and nine PBU. Fox has a chance to make it in the NFL as a cornerback but it likely would have to be in a zone-coverage scheme where he would be protected deep. Fox has great experience at cornerback and less so at safety, but we think his best chance of making an impact in the NFL is at safety, where he will need to add some bulk and adjust a bit to playing in so much space. Regardless of the position move or not, Fox should be a Day 1 draft pick who can contribute immediately on special teams and likely as a sub-package defensive back for the first season or two in the NFL while he is finding his niche."
There you have it  a track star who is a star at cornerback for one of the country's biggest programs can't play that same position in the NFL without being "protected deep." Note that Scouts Inc. doesn't say that Fox doesn't have great speed; he just isn't suited for reasons not given to be a cornerback. Better that he "bulk up" and play safety, similar to how the few white college tailbacks often have to "bulk up" and play fullback, and white wide receivers often have to "bulk up" and try to make it in the NFL as a tight end.
No other standout senior cornerback except for Fox is being pushed to play in the NFL as a safety. There is one reason and only one reason that Dustin Fox "should move to safety" as Scouts Inc. puts it: Dustin Fox is white and whites aren't allowed to play cornerback in the NFL. The media, Division I-A college football, and the NFL all cooperate in this systematic, decades-long racism against deserving white football players.
