Corey Willis

#8 · WR · Central Michigan5′10″ · 175 lb · Holland, MI

Corey Willis: WR · Central Michigan · #8.

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Corey Willis

WR · Central Michigan · #8

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches at Central Michigan: Dan Enos and John Bonamego. One game to point at: 148 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Western Michigan — Week 10, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Central Michigan in the news

WR Langston Lewis arrested for OWIAbc12 Oct 30
CMU HC rips CFP leadersPFSN Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Central Michigan	45	669	14.9	9	77
2016	Central Michigan	71	1,087	15.3	9	85
2015	Central Michigan	37	564	15.2	5	67
2014	Central Michigan	7	70	10.0	0	16
Career		160	2,390	14.9	23	85

Season	Team
2017	Central Michigan	--	--	--
2016	Central Michigan	2	4	--
2015	Central Michigan	9	19	--
2014	Central Michigan	1	−1	46
Career		12	22	46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-27vs Rhode Island	8	43	5.4	0	13
Wk 2	W 45-27@ Kansas	8	140	17.5	1	36	140-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 10-30vs Toledo	2	12	6.0	0	12
Wk 8	W 56-9@ Ball State	5	98	19.6	3	63	3 TD catches
Wk 10	W 35-28@ Western Michigan	5	148	29.6	1	77	Season-high 148 yds
Wk 11	W 42-30vs Eastern Michigan	6	71	11.8	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 42-23@ Kent State	5	75	15.0	1	53
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Northern Illinois	3	38	12.7	1	29
Bowl	L 14-37vs Wyoming	3	44	14.7	0	30
Total		45	669	14.9	9	77

Signature game

Week 10 · 2017

W 35-28

at Western Michigan

5 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Western Michigan on the road in a shootout.

With J. Sheldon — 44.2 yards per punt · 9 punts · 60 long · S. Morris — 243 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.1 · 27 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Ball State · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +6.84Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 63 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)
Week 10 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.21Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 77 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)
Week 12 · Kent State · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +5.38Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 53 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)
Week 10 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +4.36Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 37 yds to the WMich 27 for a
Week 13 · Northern Illinois · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +4.31Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 29 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)
Week 8 · Ball State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.11Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 31 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)

4 more plays

Week 11 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 12 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)
Week 1 · Wyoming · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 30 yds to the Wyom 3 for a
Week 11 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 4 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)
Week 2 · Kansas · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Shane Morris pass complete to Corey Willis for 6 yds for a TD, (Michael Armstrong KICK)

Teams and coaches

2014Central Michigan7-6HC: Dan Enos · Run-leaning

2015Central Michigan7-6HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2017Central Michigan8-5HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#27 / 709 · 96th pct

12.3%

Yards / catch#176 / 709 · 75th pct

14.9

Explosive rate#208 / 709 · 71st pct

15.1%

EPA / target#215 / 709 · 70th pct

0.63

Catch rate#517 / 709 · 27th pct

61.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#22 / 539 · 95th pct

Long catch#53 / 539 · 90th pct

Rec yards#120 / 539 · 78th pct

669

Receptions#128 / 539 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#169 / 539 · 68th pct

14.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

69th → 71st percentile

Catch rate

54th → 27th percentile

TD rate

47th → 96th percentile

Yards / catch

75th → 75th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.8	41.0	9.0	0.8
Road4g	5.8	115	20.4	1.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	5.2	59.8	10.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	86.0	17.7	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

John Bonamego

Pass share

51.2%

470 pass / 448 run

Plays / game

70.6

13 games

Team sack rate

4.4%

503 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

45 catches in 9 games

More catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Corey Willis

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Style of play

Fans

Central Michigan in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

45 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at Central Michigan