#5

Everitt Cunningham

Senior defensive end for Southern Miss. 2021: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

DE · Southern Miss · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 250 lb · West Point, MS

CFB Index 53 · #169 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceSouthern Miss 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 105 nationally · Joined Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Southern Miss. 2021: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

  • Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2019.
  • Transferred from Memphis to Southern Miss in 2021.
His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Southern Miss, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201910 games

  • Signed with Memphis3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

202110 games

  • Entered the portal

Career arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#105 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2019–2021
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

3 coaches
2019
Jay Hopson
Southern Miss
2020
Scotty Walden
Southern Miss
era →
2021
Will Hall
Southern Miss
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.

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