Tomon Fox was born on March 16, 1998, he is an American football linebacker from Suwanee, Georgia, he plays for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He wears the number 49 jersey. He played college football at North Carolina and signed with the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2022.
Fox played at the University of North Carolina from 2016 to 2021. During his collegiate career there he made 47 starts and had 29.5 sacks. His sack total puts him third on the all-time list at UNC ahead of the previous alumnus Lawrence Taylor who also preceded him in playing for the Giants.
Fox signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2022. He was the only undrafted free agent to make the roster at the end of the 2022 pre-season and to make the team’s initial 2022 regular-season roster. In a Week 1 game against the Tennessee Titans Fox got his first career sack on Ryan Tannehill.
Tomon Fox signed a 3-year, $2,570,000 contract with the New York Giants, including a $10,000 signing bonus, $20,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $856,667. In 2022, Fox will earn a base salary of $705,000 and a signing bonus of $10,000, while carrying a cap hit of $708,333 and a dead cap value of $20,000.