Cory Trice: CB · Purdue · #23.
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Cory Trice
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Four seasons in the Purdue secondary to date. On tape: 4 tackles against Northwestern, Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 9 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-35vs Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 29-32@ Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-26vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-10@ No. 21 Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-29@ Maryland | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-37vs Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-35@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ No. 21 Illinois | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-9vs Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-16@ Indiana | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 31 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 31-29
at Maryland
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Maryland on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
29%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
31tackles this season31 tackles · 2 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 23-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
56.0%
581 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
74.1
14 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
620 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #81 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 102 tackles — drafted at #241 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A stat line in 27 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Brohm.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
