Last confirmed: Miami, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Nashville, TN · Ensworth
Corn Elder: DB · Miami · #29.
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Corn Elder
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Two seasons at Miami, two different head coaches: Al Golden and Mark Richt. On tape: 14 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against North Carolina, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
76 tackles. 12 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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.
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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 70-3vs Florida A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10@ App State | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-21@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-20vs No. 23 Florida State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20vs North Carolina | 14 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 16-37@ Virginia Tech | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-30@ Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-28vs Pittsburgh | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-14@ Virginia | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-13@ NC State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-21vs Duke | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 31-14vs No. 14 West Virginia | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 76 | 55 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 12 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%12 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL76 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 12 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Richt
Pass share
50.4%
425 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
76 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Miami, 76 tackles — drafted at #152 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Al Golden → Mark Richt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 10th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 10th NFL season
