#14

Corey Thornton

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2024: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

DB · Louisville · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 195 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 63 · #102 of 327 cornersLow confidenceLouisville 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1681 nationally · Signed with UCF

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2024: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2020.
Transferred from UCF to Louisville in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Louisville, 158 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20209 games

Signed with UCF3-star out of Booker T. Washington

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1681 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

2023–2024

Jeff Brohm

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo

2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #102 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#678 / 2892 · 76th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Tackles#1002 / 2892 · 65th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

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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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road7g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #102 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #102 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Louisville	38	27	0.0	0.0	6	2	--
2023	UCF	22	18	0.0	0.0	6	3	--
2022	UCF	36	26	0.0	0.0	7	--	--
2021	UCF	32	22	2.5	1.0	6	--	--
2020	UCF	30	23	0.0	0.0	2	1	--
Career		158	116	2.5	1.0	27	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 33–21

at Clemson

5 TOT · 5 SOLO

With T. Shough — 156 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.1 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · I. Brown — 151 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 62-0vs Austin Peay	3	2	—	1
Wk 4	W 31-19vs Georgia Tech	5	2	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-31@ Notre Dame	1	1	—	0
Wk 6	L 27-34vs SMU	1	0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-20@ Virginia	4	4	—	3
Wk 8	L 45-52vs Miami	3	2	—	1
Wk 9	W 31-27@ Boston College	2	1	—	0
Wk 10	W 33-21@ Clemson	5	5	—	0
Wk 12	L 35-38@ Stanford	6	4	1	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13	W 37-9vs Pittsburgh	3	2	1	0
Wk 14	W 41-14@ Kentucky	1	1	—	0
Bowl	W 35-34@ Washington	4	3	—	0
Total		38	27	2	6

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