2017 Football Roster
Roster
Hudson, Cordell

Jersey Number 20
Cordell Hudson
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Largo, Fla.
- High School:
- Largo
Bio
Career Overview: Played in 25 games, starting 10 at cornerback, from 2015-17 ... Two 40+ tackles seasons and nine career games with 5+ tackles ... Tallied 86 tackles and nine passes defended (6 breakups, 3 INTs) ... Redshirted in 2014 ... Three letters.
Junior Year (2017): Slowed by injury early on ... Recovered and played in the last four games of the season on special teams ... Made one tackle as a gunner on the punt coverage team at Florida State (11/4) ... Helped the Orange rank first in the ACC and fourth nationally in punt return yardage defense (2.67 avg.).
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in nine games with five starts at cornerback ... Missed the Virginia Tech (10/15) and Boston College (10/22) games due to injury ... Third among SU defensive backs with 43 tackles (30 solo) ... Had one tackle for loss, one interception, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and tied for third on the squad with three pass breakups ... Five games with 5+ tackles ... At Connecticut (9/24), made seven tackles and scored his first career touchdown, returning an interception 22 yards to paydirt … Also carded one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup against the Huskies ... Recorded six tackles and a pass breakup as SU’s defensive captain versus Notre Dame (10/1) ... Career-high 10 tackles, one pass breakup, and recovered the first fumble of his career at Wake Forest (10/8) ... Six tackles (all solo) versus Florida State (11/19).
Freshman Year (2015): Played in all 12 games at cornerback, starting five ... Started the last four games of the season ... Fifth on the team with 42 tackles (35 solo) and tied for the SU lead with two interceptions ... Four games with 5+ tackles ... Three tackles, including his first career tackle for loss, at USF (10/10) ... One tackle and credited with his first career pass breakup at Virginia (10/17) ... Against Pittsburgh (10/24), started for the first time and made four tackles ... Credited with five tackles and one pass breakup at Florida State (10/31) ... Started and made a season-best nine tackles at Louisville (11/7) … Also intercepted his first career pass against the Cardinals ... Led the team and matched his season high with nine tackles (all solo), including one for a loss, versus Clemson (11/14). Also broke up a pass against the Tigers ... Intercepted a pass and made three tackles against Boston College (11/28) … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
2014: Redshirt season.
High School: Played for head coach Rick Rodriguez … 2013 Tampa Bay Times Class 6A All-State Second Team … 2012 Tampa Bay Times All-County First Team selection … Made the paper’s list of the top 24 Tampa Bay football recruits for 2014 … Tampa Bay Times All-Suncoast Honorable Mention choice … Defensive MVP at the BCP Ignite Football Combine … Recorded 32 tackles and two interceptions as a senior … Posted 83 tackles and five interceptions in his high school career … Team captain as a junior and senior.
Personal: Cordell D. Hudson … Born in April 1996 in Clearwater, Fla. … Son of Tera Booze-Hudson and Curtis Hudson … Two sisters … Received his bachelor’s degree in economics in three years ... Enrolled in the information studies graduate program.
Junior Year (2017): Slowed by injury early on ... Recovered and played in the last four games of the season on special teams ... Made one tackle as a gunner on the punt coverage team at Florida State (11/4) ... Helped the Orange rank first in the ACC and fourth nationally in punt return yardage defense (2.67 avg.).
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in nine games with five starts at cornerback ... Missed the Virginia Tech (10/15) and Boston College (10/22) games due to injury ... Third among SU defensive backs with 43 tackles (30 solo) ... Had one tackle for loss, one interception, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and tied for third on the squad with three pass breakups ... Five games with 5+ tackles ... At Connecticut (9/24), made seven tackles and scored his first career touchdown, returning an interception 22 yards to paydirt … Also carded one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup against the Huskies ... Recorded six tackles and a pass breakup as SU’s defensive captain versus Notre Dame (10/1) ... Career-high 10 tackles, one pass breakup, and recovered the first fumble of his career at Wake Forest (10/8) ... Six tackles (all solo) versus Florida State (11/19).
Freshman Year (2015): Played in all 12 games at cornerback, starting five ... Started the last four games of the season ... Fifth on the team with 42 tackles (35 solo) and tied for the SU lead with two interceptions ... Four games with 5+ tackles ... Three tackles, including his first career tackle for loss, at USF (10/10) ... One tackle and credited with his first career pass breakup at Virginia (10/17) ... Against Pittsburgh (10/24), started for the first time and made four tackles ... Credited with five tackles and one pass breakup at Florida State (10/31) ... Started and made a season-best nine tackles at Louisville (11/7) … Also intercepted his first career pass against the Cardinals ... Led the team and matched his season high with nine tackles (all solo), including one for a loss, versus Clemson (11/14). Also broke up a pass against the Tigers ... Intercepted a pass and made three tackles against Boston College (11/28) … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
2014: Redshirt season.
High School: Played for head coach Rick Rodriguez … 2013 Tampa Bay Times Class 6A All-State Second Team … 2012 Tampa Bay Times All-County First Team selection … Made the paper’s list of the top 24 Tampa Bay football recruits for 2014 … Tampa Bay Times All-Suncoast Honorable Mention choice … Defensive MVP at the BCP Ignite Football Combine … Recorded 32 tackles and two interceptions as a senior … Posted 83 tackles and five interceptions in his high school career … Team captain as a junior and senior.
Personal: Cordell D. Hudson … Born in April 1996 in Clearwater, Fla. … Son of Tera Booze-Hudson and Curtis Hudson … Two sisters … Received his bachelor’s degree in economics in three years ... Enrolled in the information studies graduate program.
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