2014 Football Roster
Roster
Corey Winfield
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Riverview Gardens
Career Overview: Two-year starter at cornerback ... Played in 32 games over three seasons, starting 20 ... Tallied 85 tackles (70 solo), three sacks and 10 passes defended, including seven pass breakups ... Seven games with 5+ tackles ... Moved to defensive back from wide receiver during 2014 preseason camp ... Redshirted in 2013 ... Three letters.
Junior Year (2016): Started all 12 games at corner and finished with 41 tackles (30 solo) ... Tied for the team lead in passes defended (5) and breakups (4) ... Recorded two tackles for loss, one sack and one interception ... Four 5+ tackle games ... Against USF (9/17), carded three tackles, including a sack for a loss of six yards ... Served as SU's defensive captain at Connecticut (9/24) and tallied four tackles ... Five tackles and one pass breakup versus Notre Dame (10/1) ... Had six tackles, including five solo, and one pass breakup at Wake Forest (10/8) ... Logged a season-best seven tackles and a pass breakup at Boston College (10/22) ... Five tackles, including one for a loss, at Clemson (11/5) ... Intercepted a pass and registered one pass breakup at Pittsburgh (11/26).
Sophomore Year (2015): Started the first eight games of the season at cornerback before missing the last four games due to injury ... Recorded 30 tackles (26 solo), including two sacks, three pass breakups, one forced fumble and tied for the team lead with two interceptions ... Against Rhode Island (9/4) in the season opener, made one tackle in his first career start and returned his first career interception 24 yards for the game’s opening touchdown ... Credited with four solo tackles, one pass breakup and intercepted a pass for the second straight game against Wake Forest (9/12) ... Made five solo tackles versus Central Michigan (9/19) ... At Virginia (10/17), set career highs for tackles (8), sacks (2) and forced the first fumble of his career ... Recorded five tackles at Florida State (10/31) before exiting the game late in the fourth quarter with an injury … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2014): Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams ... Recorded 14 tackles on the season, including half a tackle for loss ... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Villanova (8/29) and had one tackle ... Tallied three tackles against Notre Dame (9/27) ... Against Louisville (10/3), registered a season-best four stops ... Made two tackles against defending national champion Florida State (10/11).
2013: Redshirt season.
High School: Coached by Kendrick Walker at Riverview Gardens … Rated the No. 20 player in Missouri by Rivals.com and No. 23 by Scout.com … Ranked the 16th-best recruit in Missouri by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch … Two-time captain … As a senior, recorded 18 catches for 389 yards and nine touchdowns, and returned six kickoffs for touchdowns … As a junior, caught 27 passes for 510 yards and scored a team-high nine touchdowns … As a sophomore, had 16 catches for 323 yards and three touchdowns.
Personal: Corey Eugene Winfield Jr. … Born in September 1994 in St. Louis, Mo. … Son of Tina Winfield and Corey Winfield Sr. … One brother … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
