Corey Fuller

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1971)}}

{{about|the former NFL defensive back|the wide receiver drafted in 2013|Corey Fuller (wide receiver)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| number = 27, 24, 25, 26

| position = Safety, cornerback

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|1}}

| birth_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

| death_date =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 220

| draftyear = 1995

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 55

| high_school = James S. Rickards
(Tallahassee, Florida)

| college = Florida State

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 590

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 17

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = FullCo20

}}

Corey Bushe Fuller (born May 1, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. He has been Florida State football Director of Football Relations since Jan 28, 2022. He was the interim head football coach at Florida A&M University in 2014. Fuller was promoted from defensive backs coach to interim head coach after having been the head football coach at East Gadsden High School from 2010 to 2012. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, from 1995 to 2004, with the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Ravens. In his NFL career, Fuller played in 152 games, intercepting 17 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown.

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 10 3/8

| weight = 197

| dash = 4.56

| ten split = 1.71

| twenty split = 2.69

| bench = 11

| arm span = 31 1/4

| hand span = 9 1/2

| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=23553 |title=Corey Fuller, Combine Results, CB - Florida State |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=January 20, 2023}}

}}

A 5'10", 209-lb. defensive back from Florida State University, Fuller was selected by the Vikings in the second round (55th overall) of the 1995 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1995 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1995/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played high school football at James S. Rickards High School.

Following a 1996 game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers, Fuller was fined $30,000 for poking the left eye of Packers center Frank Winters.{{cite news |author= |title=Vikings' Fuller Fined $30,000 for Poke |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/27/sports/vikings-fuller-fined-30000-for-poke.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=December 27, 1996 |access-date=October 12, 2020 }}

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="3"| Legend

style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|

| Led the league

Bold

| Career high

= Regular season =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
1995MIN

| 16 || 10 || 66 || 57 || 9 || 0.5 || - || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - || 2 || 1 || 12 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 1

1996MIN

| 16 || 14 || 64 || 53 || 11 || 0.0 || - || 3 || 3 || 0 || 2 || - || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

1997MIN

| 16 || 16 || 91 || 82 || 9 || 0.0 || - || 2 || 24 || 0 || 22 || - || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0

1998MIN

| 16 || 16 || 79 || 70 || 9 || 1.0 || - || 4 || 36 || 0 || 26 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1999CLE

| 16 || 16 || 76 || 63 || 13 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0

2000CLE

| 15 || 15 || 42 || 37 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

2001CLE

| 16 || 16 || 87 || 72 || 15 || 0.0 || 3 || 3 || 82 || 1 || 49 || 21 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0

2002CLE

| 13 || 12 || 33 || 28 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2003BAL

| 14 || 10 || 36 || 31 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2004BAL

| 14 || 2 || 23 || 17 || 6 || 0.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|152127597510871.581714514955105121

= Playoffs =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
1996MIN

| 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0.0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1997MIN

| 2 || 2 || 15 || 15 || 0 || 0.0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1998MIN

| 2 || 2 || 15 || 15 || 0 || 0.0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || - || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2002CLE

| 1 || 1 || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2003BAL

| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|76393810.00000020000

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Florida A&M Rattlers

| conf = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2014

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2014

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 1–3

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = T–7th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 1–3

| confrecord = 1–3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 1–3

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

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