Senior tight end for Northern Illinois. 2019: 2 catches, 29 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 250 lb · Mchenry, IL
The story
4 tight end for Northern Illinois. 2019: 2 catches, 29 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCorey Lersch
Three seasons at Northern Illinois, two different head coaches: Rod Carey and Thomas Hammock. The receipt on tape: 26 rec yds, 1 receptions against Nebraska, Week 3, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 94 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 0.2 | 6.5 | 26.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 3 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 8-44@ Nebraska | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 | Season-high 26 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 39-36@ Ohio | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-27@ Miami (OH) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-0vs Akron | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-48@ Central Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | 26 |