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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Southern Miss
Cornell Armstrong
DB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Bassfield, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cornell Armstrong shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UTSA • Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Cornell Armstrong built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Bassfield, MS wearing No. 3, spending time with Southern Miss and UTSA. The clearest part of Cornell Armstrong's career was...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 35
- Overall
- No. 209
- NFL Team
- Miami Dolphins
Cornell Armstrong, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Southern Miss. Cornell Armstrong shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 15
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Cornell Armstrong quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DB
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Louisiana Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bassfield · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Bassfield · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 6 · Pick 35 · Miami Dolphins
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DB 383rd (top 48%) · Conference USA 210th (top 35%) · National 1,816th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | UTSA | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.6 |
| 2016 Postseason | Southern Miss | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 13 | 45 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 56.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 19 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 56.4 |
Related Context
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Cornell Armstrong played DB for UTSA and Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cornell Armstrong recorded 41 rushing yards, 69 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 14.5 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UTSA, Southern Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 1. Charlotte: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
20 vs Charlotte
Player Story
Cornell Armstrong story
Cornell Armstrong built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Bassfield, MS wearing No. 3, spending time with Southern Miss and UTSA. The clearest part of Cornell Armstrong's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 15 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 41 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cornell Armstrong's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UTSA
2014
Opening stop
- 2
Southern Miss
2014-2017
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2014201420152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Postseason | Southern Miss | 10 | 22.8 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 22.8 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Southern Miss | 14.5 | 24.7 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 14.5 | 24.7 | 6.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 13 · W 39-24 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Marshall
Week 9 · W 24-14 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#3
vs North Texas
Week 5 · L 28-43 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Florida State
Week 1 · L 13-42 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
63.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Charlotte
Week 8 · W 44-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Southern Miss
14.5 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 6.3 usage
56.4
#2
2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
56.4
14.5 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · UTSA
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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