#99

Korey Rush

Senior defensive end for Nevada. 2018: 6 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · Nevada · Sr. · #99

6′0″ · 270 lb · Salt Lake City, UT

Nevada 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 775 nationally · Signed with Nevada

Statement game5 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksat Hawai'i (FBS) · W 40-22

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Nevada. 2018: 6 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Nevada, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Nevada3-star out of East

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#775 national

CFB

College

Nevada

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Brian Polian

Nevada

2017–2018

Jay Norvell

Nevada

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Polian → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Nevada5-7HC: Brian Polian · Run-leaning

2017Nevada3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (97th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#80 / 2662 · 97th pct

6.0

Tackles for loss#80 / 2662 · 97th pct

12.5

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#1012 / 2662 · 61st pct

Tackles#1157 / 2662 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.0
Road4g	4.2	2.1	1.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.2	0.9	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+2g	4.0	2.5	1.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Nevada	34	22	12.5	6.0	--	--	--
2017	Nevada	36	20	8.5	2.5	1	--	--
2016	Nevada	23	13	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		93	55	24.0	9.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 72–19

vs Portland State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 53-point win at home against Portland State.

With T. Gangi — 342 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 23 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Kincaide — 43 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 72-19vs Portland State	2	2	0.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 10-41@ Vanderbilt	3	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 37-35vs Oregon State	5	4	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	L 44-63@ Toledo	7	0	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	W 28-25@ Air Force	2	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 3-21vs Fresno State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 27-31vs Boise State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 40-22@ Hawai'i	5	5	4.0	3.0	—	3 sacks
Wk 9	W 28-24vs San Diego State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 16-13vs Arkansas State	4	4	1.0	0.0	—
Total		34	22	12.5	6.0	—

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays