Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Louisville
Corey Thornton
DB • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Corey Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UCF • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Corey Thornton built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Miami, FL wearing No. 14, spending time with Louisville and UCF. The clearest part of Corey Thornton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Corey Thornton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UCF. Corey Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 158
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 27
Quick Answers
Corey Thornton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DB
- Career Tackles
- 158
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Booker T. Washington · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Booker T. Washington · 56 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DB 247th (top 26%) · ACC 123rd (top 17%) · National 1,011th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | UCF | 10 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 21 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | UCF | 11 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 36 | - | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 53.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 22 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Louisville | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 34 | - | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 45.6 |
Related Context
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Corey Thornton played DB for UCF and Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, Corey Thornton recorded 158 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UCF paired 9 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 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 UCF, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · UCF
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
24
Usage
3.9
Consistency
64.1
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 1. Florida Atlantic: 2. Georgia Tech: 1. SMU: 2. Temple: 1. East Carolina: 0. Cincinnati: 1. Memphis: 1. Tulane: 0. Navy: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisville: 2 by 18.3. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 28.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 18.3. SMU: 4 by 36.7. Temple: 5 by 30.8. East Carolina: 8 by 33.3. Cincinnati: 0 by 10. Memphis: 8 by 43.3. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | vs Navy | L 14-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Tulane | W 38-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Memphis | W 35-28 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Cincinnati | W 25-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ East Carolina | L 13-34 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/13 | vs Temple | W 70-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/5 | vs SMUSplash game | W 41-19 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Georgia Tech | W 27-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 40-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 9/9 | vs Louisville | L 14-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Corey Thornton story
Corey Thornton built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Miami, FL wearing No. 14, spending time with Louisville and UCF. The clearest part of Corey Thornton's career was his defensive production: 158 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 53 career games in the available record. That gives Corey Thornton'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
UCF
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | UCF | 3 | 15.5 | 2.4 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 15.5 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | UCF | 9.5 | 20.8 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 9.5 | 20.8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 9 | 24 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 9 | 20.2 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Louisville | 9 | 20.7 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 9 | 20.7 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulane
Week 10 · W 14-10 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Memphis
Week 10 · W 35-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 7 · W 24-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
57 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.
#4
@ Stanford
Week 12 · L 35-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · W 45-3 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UCF
9 primary output · 24 efficiency · 3.9 usage
53.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · UCF
51.8
9 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Louisville
45.6
9 primary · 20.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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