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Wheaton College Athletics

2019 Football Roster

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7 Corey Kennedy

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Aurora, Ill.
  • Highschool Oswego East

Biography

Major: Business/Economics

Corey KennedyCareer: 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.
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.
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.
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.
Previous College: Appeared in 10 games as a redshirt freshman in 2016, tallying four tackles...named scout team player of the week four times during redshirt season.
High School: Team captain and MVP as a senior...two-time Beacon News All-Area selection...two-time All-Conference honoree.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2017Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 183 lbs
    10
  • 7

    2018Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 192 lbs
    7
  • 7
    C

    2019Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 190 lbs
    7
    C