Corey Ellington
Corey Ellington
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Corey Ellington has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Mississippi State. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Missouri — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 146 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 53 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 66 | 30 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 146 | 73 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to D'Angelo Hutchinson’s 2024 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Quentavius Scandrett's senior season at Eastern Michigan (2024).
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