#48

Cory Durden

Senior defensive tackle on NC State's 2022 roster.

DT · NC State · Sr. · #48

6′4″ · 305 lb · Newberry, FL

CFB Index 57 · #111 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceNC State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 358 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle on NC State's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2017.
Transferred from Florida State to NC State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at NC State, 122 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Florida State3-star out of Newberry

202111 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#358 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #111 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#51 / 2755 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#1175 / 2755 · 55th pct

2.5

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Tackles#1672 / 2755 · 38th pct

Solo tackles#1765 / 2755 · 34th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road5g	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #111 of 278 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #111 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	NC State	23	11	2.5	0.0	1	--	--
2021	NC State	31	9	4.5	3.5	--	--	--
2020	Florida State	7	3	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
2019	Florida State	39	18	6.5	5.0	2	--	--
2018	Florida State	22	10	6.0	2.0	1	--	--
Career		122	51	20.0	11.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 19–17

vs Florida State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. McDonough — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · J. Houston — 90 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 21-20@ East Carolina	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 55-3vs Charleston Southern	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-14vs Texas Tech	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 41-10vs UConn	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-30@ Clemson	4	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	W 19-17vs Florida State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 9-24@ Syracuse	1	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 22-21vs Virginia Tech	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-21vs Wake Forest	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 20-21vs Boston College	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-25@ Louisville	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 30-27@ North Carolina	5	3	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Total		23	11	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology