Corey Neely: S · Marshall · #5.
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Corey Neely
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. On tape: 12 tackles against Florida International, Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Marshall | 79 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| Career | 79 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 62-0vs Morgan State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-65vs Akron | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-59vs No. 3 Louisville | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-43@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-21vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-24@ Southern Miss | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Old Dominion | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-17vs Middle Tennessee | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 14-31@ Florida International | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-60vs Western Kentucky | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL79 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doc Holliday
Pass share
53.0%
438 pass / 389 run
Plays / game
68.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
79 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Marshall, 79 tackles — the college career is complete.
