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Emmanuel Forbes

Former cornerback at Mississippi State. 2022: 6 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

CB · Mississippi State · Jr. · #13

6′0″ · 180 lb · Grenada, MS

CFB Index 94 · #5 of 322 cornersLow confidenceConsensus AAWashington — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 16, #16 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 187 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Mississippi State. 2022: 6 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2020.
Drafted round 1 by the Washington in 2023.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 143 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — drafted at #16 overall by Washington.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20209 games

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of Grenada

202112 games

All-SECsecond

202211 games

All-Americafirst · 6 selectors
All-SECfirst

2023

Drafted by Washingtonround 1, pick 16

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#187 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #16

Washington · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

5 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 4th NFL season

#16Rd 1 · Pick 16

WashingtonEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Leach — 20-17 over that span.

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

94All-America level #5 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#2 / 811 · 99th pct

Passes defended#38 / 2755 · 98th pct

Tackles#887 / 2755 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1041 / 2755 · 61st pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

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QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.1	0.0	1.0
Road5g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.0	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #5 of 322 corners

Former four-star. Now #5 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	39	20	1.0	0.0	10	6	--
2021	Mississippi State	59	45	5.0	1.0	5	3	--
2020	Mississippi State	45	23	0.5	0.0	6	4	--
Career		143	88	6.5	1.0	21	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

9 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	2	1	0.0	1	2
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	2	1
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	6	6	0.0	1	2
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	3	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 8	L 6-30@ Alabama	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	2	0	0.5	1	2
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	9	4	0.5	—	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Total		39	20	1.0	6	10

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