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Jersey Number 42
Corey Ellington
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lexington, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Holmes County Central HS
Bio
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
2025 Reese's Senior Bowl Watchlist
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Top 1000 Watchlist
2024 Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC (Third Team)
Career Notes
Played in 40 career games with 16 career starts … Ended his career with 145 tackles, five tackles for loss, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles and two sacks.
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2024 (Senior Season)
Played in nine games with seven starts … Missed the first three games of the season due to an injury … Recorded 53 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and three pass breakups … Had one double-digit tackle game (vs. Missouri), second of his career ... Florida (9/21): Made his season debut following an injury that forced him to miss the first three games … Recorded five tackles, one solo and four assisted … forced a fumble, the second of his career ... at Texas (9/28): Made his first start of the season … recorded five solo tackles … Had one tackle for loss for minus one yard, his first TFL of the season ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded six tackles, four solo and two assisted … had one pass break up ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded two tackles, one solo and one assisted … had one pass break up ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded nine tackles, five solo and four assisted … Had one pass break up, third straight game with a PBU … Forced a fumble, third of the season … Set a new season high in tackles ... UMass (11/2): Recorded nine tackles, four solo and five assisted ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded three tackles, one solo and two assisted ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded 10 tackles, four solo and six assisted ... First double-digit tackle game since the Egg Bowl in 2023 … at Ole Miss (11/29): Recorded four tackles.
2023 (Junior Season)
Appeared in all 12 games with eight starts … Career-high 66 tackles, 30 solo and 36 assisted … Earned his first career sack at Arkansas (10/21) … First career double-digit tackle performance came against Ole Miss (12 tackles) … According to PFF, earned a career-best defensive grade of 72.8 ... SE Louisiana (9/2): Recorded a pair of tackles ... LSU (9/16): Finished with four tackles and a pass breakup … at South Carolina (9/23): Had four tackles including three solo … Alabama (9/30): Made his second career start as a Bulldog … Tallied six tackles … Western Michigan (10/7): Tied the team lead with nine tackles … Recorded his first career tackle for loss as well … at Arkansas (10/21): Had a strip sack to go with seven tackles ... Earned a pass rush grade of 91.6 per PFF ... Allowed just one reception … at Auburn (10/28): Made six tackles including a tackle for loss … Fourth straight game with at least six tackles … Kentucky (11/4): Led the team with nine tackles … Also had a pass breakup … at Texas A&M (11/11): Notched four tackles … Southern Miss (11/18): Had a trio of tackles … Ole Miss (11/23): Set a career-high with 12 tackles … Also had a sack for a loss of nine yards.
2022 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in 11 games ... Finished with 15 tackles ...  Memphis (9/3): Tallied five tackles (three solo) in State’s season-opening win over Memphis ... at Arizona (9/10): Had a pair of solo tackles ... Bowling Green (9/24): Logged three tackles ... at Alabama (10/22): Made one stop ... Auburn (11/5): Had one tackle.
2021 (Freshman Season)
Saw action in eight games while making one start in the 2021 Liberty Bowl against Texas Tech (12/28): ... Totaled 12 tackles on the season (8 solo) ... Had one QB hurry against Texas Tech (12/28) in the 2021 Liberty Bowl.Â
High School
Prepped at Holmes County Central High School under head coach Marcus Rogers … Three-star recruit per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Top-25 prospect in Mississippi by ESPN (No. 10), Rivals (No. 17) and 247Sports (No. 25) … Rated a top 50 nationally recruit at his position according to Rivals (No. 49) ... Made the move to defense for the final five games of his junior year, after playing quarterback and wide receiver prior … As a senior, made 76 tackles with 6.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … Added one forced fumble … Offensively, caught 30 passes for 387 yards and three touchdowns ... Carried 10 times for 75 yards and one score … As a junior, caught 48 passes for 858 yards and 15 touchdowns ... Totaled 40 tackles … Added seven interceptions and six pass breakups … Invited to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game ... Committed to MSU on April 30, 2020.
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Personal
Born Corey Kencharles Ellington on Oct. 5, 2002 … Son of Jennifer Hampton and Charles Moore … Has seven siblings: Christian, Matthew, Charles, Brittney, Jekoria, Moesha and Verneta ... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies.
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Social Media
X/Twitter – @ellington_corey
Instagram – c.ellington10
Career-Highs
Tackles: 12, vs. Ole Miss (11/23/2023)
Tackles for loss: 1.0, 5x, last at Texas (09/28/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, 2x, Last vs. Ole Miss (11/23/2023)
QB Hurries: 1, vs. Texas Tech (12/28/2021)
Pass Breakups: 1, 5x, last vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
Forced Fumbles: 1, 4x, last vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
SEC Graduate
2025 Reese's Senior Bowl Watchlist
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Top 1000 Watchlist
2024 Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC (Third Team)
Career Notes
Played in 40 career games with 16 career starts … Ended his career with 145 tackles, five tackles for loss, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles and two sacks.
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2024 (Senior Season)
Played in nine games with seven starts … Missed the first three games of the season due to an injury … Recorded 53 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and three pass breakups … Had one double-digit tackle game (vs. Missouri), second of his career ... Florida (9/21): Made his season debut following an injury that forced him to miss the first three games … Recorded five tackles, one solo and four assisted … forced a fumble, the second of his career ... at Texas (9/28): Made his first start of the season … recorded five solo tackles … Had one tackle for loss for minus one yard, his first TFL of the season ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded six tackles, four solo and two assisted … had one pass break up ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded two tackles, one solo and one assisted … had one pass break up ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded nine tackles, five solo and four assisted … Had one pass break up, third straight game with a PBU … Forced a fumble, third of the season … Set a new season high in tackles ... UMass (11/2): Recorded nine tackles, four solo and five assisted ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded three tackles, one solo and two assisted ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded 10 tackles, four solo and six assisted ... First double-digit tackle game since the Egg Bowl in 2023 … at Ole Miss (11/29): Recorded four tackles.
2023 (Junior Season)
Appeared in all 12 games with eight starts … Career-high 66 tackles, 30 solo and 36 assisted … Earned his first career sack at Arkansas (10/21) … First career double-digit tackle performance came against Ole Miss (12 tackles) … According to PFF, earned a career-best defensive grade of 72.8 ... SE Louisiana (9/2): Recorded a pair of tackles ... LSU (9/16): Finished with four tackles and a pass breakup … at South Carolina (9/23): Had four tackles including three solo … Alabama (9/30): Made his second career start as a Bulldog … Tallied six tackles … Western Michigan (10/7): Tied the team lead with nine tackles … Recorded his first career tackle for loss as well … at Arkansas (10/21): Had a strip sack to go with seven tackles ... Earned a pass rush grade of 91.6 per PFF ... Allowed just one reception … at Auburn (10/28): Made six tackles including a tackle for loss … Fourth straight game with at least six tackles … Kentucky (11/4): Led the team with nine tackles … Also had a pass breakup … at Texas A&M (11/11): Notched four tackles … Southern Miss (11/18): Had a trio of tackles … Ole Miss (11/23): Set a career-high with 12 tackles … Also had a sack for a loss of nine yards.
2022 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in 11 games ... Finished with 15 tackles ...  Memphis (9/3): Tallied five tackles (three solo) in State’s season-opening win over Memphis ... at Arizona (9/10): Had a pair of solo tackles ... Bowling Green (9/24): Logged three tackles ... at Alabama (10/22): Made one stop ... Auburn (11/5): Had one tackle.
2021 (Freshman Season)
Saw action in eight games while making one start in the 2021 Liberty Bowl against Texas Tech (12/28): ... Totaled 12 tackles on the season (8 solo) ... Had one QB hurry against Texas Tech (12/28) in the 2021 Liberty Bowl.Â
High School
Prepped at Holmes County Central High School under head coach Marcus Rogers … Three-star recruit per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Top-25 prospect in Mississippi by ESPN (No. 10), Rivals (No. 17) and 247Sports (No. 25) … Rated a top 50 nationally recruit at his position according to Rivals (No. 49) ... Made the move to defense for the final five games of his junior year, after playing quarterback and wide receiver prior … As a senior, made 76 tackles with 6.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … Added one forced fumble … Offensively, caught 30 passes for 387 yards and three touchdowns ... Carried 10 times for 75 yards and one score … As a junior, caught 48 passes for 858 yards and 15 touchdowns ... Totaled 40 tackles … Added seven interceptions and six pass breakups … Invited to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game ... Committed to MSU on April 30, 2020.
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Personal
Born Corey Kencharles Ellington on Oct. 5, 2002 … Son of Jennifer Hampton and Charles Moore … Has seven siblings: Christian, Matthew, Charles, Brittney, Jekoria, Moesha and Verneta ... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies.
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Social Media
X/Twitter – @ellington_corey
Instagram – c.ellington10
Career-Highs
Tackles: 12, vs. Ole Miss (11/23/2023)
Tackles for loss: 1.0, 5x, last at Texas (09/28/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, 2x, Last vs. Ole Miss (11/23/2023)
QB Hurries: 1, vs. Texas Tech (12/28/2021)
Pass Breakups: 1, 5x, last vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
Forced Fumbles: 1, 4x, last vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
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