Last confirmed: Tennessee, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Winter Garden, FL · West Orange
Corey Vereen: DL · Tennessee · #50.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Corey Vereen
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Kentucky — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 21
Bleacher Report Oct 19
Knoxville News Sentinel Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tennessee | 36 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 3 |
| Career | 36 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs App State | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-19vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28vs No. 19 Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-31@ No. 25 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ No. 8 Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-49vs No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-24@ South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 55-0vs Tennessee Tech | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-36vs Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 63-37vs Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 34-45@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-24vs No. 24 Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.0 | — | 3 |
Week 11 · 2016
W 49-36
vs Kentucky
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Kentucky at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%12 TFLSack rate
19%7 sacksHurry rate
14%5 hurries36 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 7 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
42.4%
377 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
36 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Tennessee, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Butch Jones.
