Cory Stover: LB · Oregon State · #82.
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Cory Stover
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Oregon State. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against California — Week 6, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oregon State | 32 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Oregon State | 15 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Oregon State | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Oregon State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 61 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-17@ San José State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs UC Davis | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-9vs San Diego State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ No. 21 Washington State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs No. 10 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-40@ California | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-19@ Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-17vs Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-22vs No. 5 Washington | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-31@ No. 6 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 8-40vs No. 15 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 1 · 2023
W 42-17
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 25-point win on the road against San José State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups32 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 27-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
46.9%
380 pass / 431 run
Plays / game
62.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon State, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jonathan Smith.
