Usage / Role
7%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2021-2024Mississippi State
Corey Ellington
S • 6'3" • 200 lbs • Lexington, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Corey Ellington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
2121222324
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Player Story
Corey Ellington built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Lexington, MS wearing No. 10, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Corey Ellington's career was his defensive...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- San Diego State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Corey Ellington, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Corey Ellington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 146
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Corey Ellington quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · S
- Career Tackles
- 146
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Ole Miss
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St Vincent De Paul · San Diego State
- High school pipeline
- St Vincent De Paul · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 53 tackles · S 108th (top 20%) · SEC 70th (top 10%) · National 547th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Mississippi State | 4 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 17.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 7 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 66 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 60.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 9 | 53 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 31.9 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Corey Ellington
Corey Ellington played S for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Corey Ellington recorded 146 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 8 primary output with 32.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
8.3
Usage
1.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0. Arizona: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Arkansas: 0. Kentucky: 0. Alabama: 0. Auburn: 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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Memphis
Player Story
Corey Ellington story
Corey Ellington built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Lexington, MS wearing No. 10, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Corey Ellington's career was his defensive production: 146 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Mississippi State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Corey Ellington's production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State.
The arc is straightforward: Corey Ellington moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Mississippi State
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Mississippi State | 1 | 16.1 | 4.1 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 16.1 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 32.3 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 4 | 29 | 4.1 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ole Miss
Week 13 · L 7-17 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ Arkansas
Week 8 · W 7-3 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas Tech
Week 1 · L 7-34 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Texas
Week 5 · L 13-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas
Week 9 · L 25-58 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
8 primary output · 32.3 efficiency · 7.2 usage
60.8
#2
2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
31.9
4 primary · 29 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Corey Ellington
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.