Joe Cofer

{{Short description|American football player (born 1963)}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Cofer

| image =

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| number = 36

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|03|5}}

| birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 260

| high_school = Rule

| college = Tennessee

| undraftedyear = 1985

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1987}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXII)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 3

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 1

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Joseph Louis Cofer (born March 5, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in 1987.{{Cite web |title=Joe Cofer |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CofeJo20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008233513/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CofeJo20.htm |archive-date=2022-10-08 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel/163675410/ | title='Other worries' send Cofer's grades into tailspin | work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel | date=January 5, 1985 | accessdate=22 January 2025}}

His breakup of a Danny White pass sealed a victory that moved the Redskins into first place in the division.{{Cn|date=April 2023}} In 2018, Cofer was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.{{cite web|url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2018/06/12/redskins-1987-replacement-players-get-super-bowl-rings/|title=Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings|work=Redskins Wire|publisher=USA Today|first=Diane|last=Chesebrough|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=May 15, 2023}}