Corey Kennedy

DBSeasons 2017–2019 (3)Games 335'9" · 190 lbsHometown Aurora, Ill.High school Oswego East

All-American · 2018Second Team All-CCIW · 2018All-Region · 2018Academic All-American · 2018All-American · 2019First Team All-CCIW · 2019All-Region · 2019Academic All-American · 2019

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Tackles

123

0.0 sacks · 10.0 TFL · 7 INT

Points

4 TD

All-purpose yds

324

All-Time Rankings

Best career and season finishes (top 10) and single-game finishes (top 3) on computed leaderboards, 1999–2025

1st Interception Return TDs · career · 3 1st Fumble Recoveries · 2018 · 3 1st Interception Return TDs · 2018 · 2 2nd Interception Return Yards · career · 285 2nd Interceptions · Sep 7 2019 · 2 2nd Interception Return Yards · 2018 · 177 2nd Interception Return Yards · Sep 7 2019 · 96 7th Fumble Recoveries · career · 3 10th Forced Fumbles · career · 3 10th Interceptions · career · 7

Biography

From the official athletics bio

Career: Appeared in 33 games with 123 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, seven interceptions and three interception returns for touchdowns.

2017: Started all 10 games in his first season with the Thunder after transferring from Northern Illinois University...recorded 55 tackles including seven tackles for loss, one forced fumble and four pass breakups...had a season highs with seven tackles against Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin and North Park...forced a fumble, broke up a pass and had six tackles in a win over North Central on Oct. 14.

2018: Google Cloud Academic All-American...Second Team All-CCIW selection...Third Team All-North Region honoree...named to D3football.com Team of the Week on Nov. 13...started all ten games, tallying 33 tackles..intercepted three passes, returning two for touchdowns...forced two fumbles and recovered three fumbles, returning one for a touchdown...recorded six pass break-ups including three against Millikin on Sept. 22...returned an interception and a fumble recovery for a touchdown against Elmhurst on Nov. 10...forced a fumble and returned an interception for a touchdown against North Park on Oct. 6.

2019: CoSIDA Academic All-American...Campbell Trophy Nominee...Second Team All-North Region honoree...First Team All-CCIW selection...started all 13 games wiht 35 tackles, three tackles for loss, seven pass break-ups and four interceptions...had two interceptions and returned one for a touchdown in a win at Monmouth on Sept. 7...intercepted a pass in Wheaton's Quarterfinal loss to Saint John's...had a season-high six tackles in a win over Augustana on Oct. 26.

High school: Team captain and MVP as a senior...two-time Beacon News All-Area selection...two-time All-Conference honoree.

Major: Business/Economics

Season by Season

All-Purpose Yards

Season ▴	G	PR	KR	IR	Yds	Yds/G
2017	10	5	29	0	34	3.4
2018	10	0	5	177	182	18.2
2019	13	0	0	108	108	8.3
Career	33	5	34	285	324	9.8

Scoring

Season ▴	TD	Pts
2018	3	18
2019	1	6
Career	4	24

Defense

Season ▴	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR
2017	10	34	21	55	7.0	0	4	2	1	0
2018	10	21	12	33	0.0	3	6	0	2	3
2019	13	24	11	35	3.0	4	7	0	0	0
Career	33	79	44	123	10.0	7	17	2	3	3

Interceptions

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2018	3	177	59.0	2	67
2019	4	108	27.0	1	66
Career	7	285	40.7	3	67

Punt Returns

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2017	1	5	5.0	0	5

Kick Returns

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	Long
2017	1	29	29.0	29
2018	1	5	5.0	5
Career	2	34	17.0	29

Fumble Returns

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2018	2	30	15.0	1	27

Game Logs

From box scores, 1999–2025

Date ▴	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR
Sep 2, 2017	Benedictine University	2	4	6	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 9, 2017	Kalamazoo College	1	1	2	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 16, 2017	Carthage College	3	3	6	1.0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 23, 2017	Elmhurst University	3	1	4	1.5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 30, 2017	Illinois Wesleyan University	6	1	7	1.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 7, 2017	Millikin University	5	2	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 16, 2017	North Central College	5	1	6	0.0	0	1	1	1	1
Oct 21, 2017	North Park University	2	5	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 4, 2017	Augustana College (IL)	2	2	4	1.0	0	0	1	0	0
Nov 11, 2017	Carroll University	5	1	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 15, 2018	Illinois Wesleyan University	3	3	6	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 22, 2018	Millikin University	4	0	4	0.0	0	3	0	0	0
Sep 29, 2018	North Central College	4	1	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 6, 2018	North Park University	3	1	4	0.0	1	0	0	1	1
Oct 13, 2018	WashU	2	2	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 20, 2018	Augustana College (IL)	0	2	2	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 27, 2018	Carroll University	0	1	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 3, 2018	Carthage College	2	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 10, 2018	Elmhurst University	2	0	2	0.0	1	0	0	1	1
Sep 7, 2019	Monmouth College	2	1	3	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 21, 2019	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	1	2	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 28, 2019	Millikin University	1	0	1	0.0	0	3	0	0	0
Oct 5, 2019	North Central College	1	2	3	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 12, 2019	North Park University	1	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 19, 2019	WashU	3	2	5	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 26, 2019	Augustana College (IL)	3	3	6	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 2, 2019	Carroll University	4	1	5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 9, 2019	Carthage College	2	1	3	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 23, 2019	Martin Luther College	2	0	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 30, 2019	Central College	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 7, 2019	Saint John's University	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	TD	Long
Oct 7, 2017	Millikin University	1	29	0	29
Sep 29, 2018	North Central College	1	5	0	5

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	TD	Long
Oct 21, 2017	North Park University	1	5	0	5

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	Long
Oct 6, 2018	North Park University	1	48	48
Oct 27, 2018	Carroll University	1	67	67
Nov 10, 2018	Elmhurst University	1	62	62
Sep 7, 2019	Monmouth College	2	96	66
Nov 23, 2019	Martin Luther College	1	12	12
Dec 7, 2019	Saint John's University	1	0	0

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	TD	Long
Nov 10, 2018	Elmhurst University	0	0	1	—

Date ▴	Opponent	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts
Nov 10, 2018	Elmhurst University	1	0	0	0	6

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
2017	10	DB	Junior	5'9"	183 lbs	Aurora, Ill.	Oswego East
2018	7	DB	Senior	5'9"	192 lbs	Aurora, Ill.	Oswego East
2019	7	DB	Senior	5'9"	190 lbs	Aurora, Ill.	Oswego East