Player Dossier

2017-2023

Eastern Michigan

Korey Hernandez

DB • 5'10" • 193 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Korey Hernandez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Arkansas • Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Korey Hernandez built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Arkansas and Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Korey Hernandez's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.84

Cedar Grove · Decatur, GA

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Korey Hernandez, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan. Korey Hernandez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
81
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Korey Hernandez quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
81
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 25 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Cedar Grove · Arkansas
High school pipeline
Cedar Grove · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DB 597th (top 63%) · Mid-American 255th (top 49%) · National 2,924th (top 49%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonEastern Michigan81-0--040.1
2019 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan8141.50-1040.1
2020 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan649-0-1026.6
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan58-013035.8
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan69-0-1011.8

Related Context

Korey Hernandez played DB for Arkansas and Eastern Michigan. Across 7 tracked seasons, Korey Hernandez recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Eastern Michigan paired 3.5 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, Eastern Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

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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2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7.9

Usage

1.1

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Kent State: 1. Western Michigan: 0. Toledo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 1 by 14.2. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Kent State

Result
Thu 11/9@ ToledoL 23-4922000
Sat 10/28vs Western MichiganL 21-4510000
Sat 10/14vs Kent StateW 28-1410001
Sat 10/7vs Ball StateW 24-1021000
Sat 9/30@ Central MichiganL 23-2622000
Sat 9/23@ Jacksonville StateL 0-2111000

Player Story

Korey Hernandez story

Korey Hernandez built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Arkansas and Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Korey Hernandez's career was his defensive production: 81 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 6 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Korey Hernandez'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. 1

    Arkansas

    2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2018-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas0
2018 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00
2019 PostseasonEastern Michigan3.512.233.5
2019 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan3.512.230
2020 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan135.74.8-2.5
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0-1
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan414.71.84
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan17.91.1-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 1 · W 30-23

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Ball State

Week 11 · L 31-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

57 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 5 · W 20-13

3

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 3 · W 34-31

1

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 14 · L 26-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

46.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Eastern Michigan

3.5 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 3 usage

40.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

40.1

3.5 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

35.8

4 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games