Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Buffalo
Cory Gross Jr.
CB • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Rochester, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cory Gross Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Buffalo
1919202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Cory Gross Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Rochester, NY wearing No. 24, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Cory Gross Jr.'s career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Cory Gross Jr., CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Buffalo. Cory Gross Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 148
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Cory Gross Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · CB
- Career Tackles
- 148
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Buffalo
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Brockport · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Brockport · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · CB 3rd (top 1%) · Mid-American 30th (top 6%) · National 292nd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Buffalo | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 10 | 37 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Buffalo | 7 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 10 | 68 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30.6 |
Related Context
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Cory Gross Jr. played CB for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cory Gross Jr. recorded 148 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Buffalo paired 2 primary output with 27.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
28.9
Usage
4.8
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game Log
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/17 | @ Middle Tennessee | — | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cory Gross Jr. story
Cory Gross Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Rochester, NY wearing No. 24, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Cory Gross Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 148 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Cory Gross Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Buffalo
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Buffalo | 1.5 | 17.3 | 3.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1.5 | 17.3 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Buffalo | 2 | 27.9 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 27.9 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 28.9 | 4.8 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northern Illinois
Week 10 · W 49-30 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Old Dominion
Week 4 · W 35-34
1
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 13 · W 70-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 14 · W 49-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Robert Morris
Week 1 · W 38-10
0.5
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Buffalo
2 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
45.6
#2
2020 Regular Season · Buffalo
45.6
2 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Buffalo
31.8
1.5 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
0
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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