Corey Liuget

Corey Liuget
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Liuget in 2016
No. 94 – Los Angeles Chargers
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1990-03-18) March 18, 1990
Miami, Florida
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school: Hialeah (Hialeah, Florida)
College: Illinois
NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big Ten (2011)
Career NFL statistics as of 2017
Total tackles: 260
Sacks: 22.5
Forced fumbles: 6
Fumble recoveries: 5
Defensive touchdowns: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Corey Devon Liuget (born March 18, 1990) is an American football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played at Hialeah Senior High in Miami, Florida. He played college football at Illinois.

College career

During his three-year Illinois career, Liuget had 125 tackles, 25.5 TFLs and 8.5 sacks Liuget had a career year in 2010, earning Second-team All-Big Ten accolades after recording 63 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 10 quarterback hurries and three passes broken up. In 2009, he played in all 12 games, making four starts. In 2008, he ranked fifth in the Big Ten in fumbles recovered and played in 11 games and started two at defensive tackle as a true-freshman.[1]

After his junior season, Liuget announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2011 NFL Draft.[2]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP Wonderlic
6 ft 2 1⁄8 in
(1.88 m)		 298 lb
(135 kg)		 4.97 s 1.73 s 2.86 s 4.68 s 7.48 s 27 1⁄2 in
(0.70 m)		 8 ft 6 in
(2.59 m)		 27 reps x
All values from NFL Combine[3]

Liuget was drafted in the first round as the 18th draft pick by the San Diego Chargers.

In his rookie season, Liuget played in 15 games, including 13 starts, and recorded 19 total tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble. The team’s first-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Liuget had to grow up in a hurry as the NFL Lockout wiped out what would have been his first offseason. Instead of working out with teammates and studying with coaches, Liuget was forced to work alone. When the lockout ended and the season rolled around, injuries hammered the Chargers’ defensive line and the young rookie was pressed into immediate duty. Liuget ended up playing in 15 games with 13 starts.[4]

In 2012, Liuget had a breakout season: the 2nd year man started all 16 games and had a tremendous impact on the Chargers defense.[5]

Liuget went on to lead San Diego’s defensive line in sacks (7), tackles (61), tackles for loss (15) and passes defended (9) in 2012, and his nine passes defended were second in the NFL among defensive linemen behind Houston’s J. J. Watt’s 15. Liuget’s improved conditioning also contributed to a strong finish to the season as he tallied five sacks in the team’s last six games, including a career-high two in the Chargers’ December 23 win over the New York Jets. At the end of the season, he was named Chargers Defensive Player of Year (David Griggs Memorial Award).[6] He was also on USA Today's All-Joe team.

In 2013, Liuget went on to lead the defense with 5.5 sacks. He also added 42 tackles, 2 passes defended, 1 field goal blocked, and a forced fumble.

In the 2014 season, Liuget got his first NFL touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers after recovering a fumble forced by Dwight Freeney and Ricardo Mathews. Liuget finished the season with 4.5 sacks 57 tackles, 2 passes defended, and 2 forced fumbles.

Liuget signed a five-year, $58.5 million extension with the Chargers, with $30 million guaranteed on June 9, 2015.[7] On December 12, 2015, he was placed on injured reserve.

On March 23, 2018, Liuget was suspended four games due to a PED violation.[8]

NFL statistics

YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
2011SD 15191451.0110000002
2012SD 165136157.0110000009
2013SD 164232105.5100000002
2014SD 165745124.5220000012
2015SD 11342863.0000000000
2016SD 16362880.0010000003
2017LAC 12211561.5100000002
Career1022601986222.56500000120

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Personal life

Liuget is of Haitian descent. He was raised by his mother, as his father was killed when he went back to visit his grandmother in Haiti.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Breaking Sports News — Chicago Tribune".
  3. ↑ Dagger. "2011 NFL Combine Results". postgameheroes.com. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/Corey-Liuget/11de64ae-09ab-498f-896a-1d287815a8e0
  5. ↑ fiona (15 August 2013). "San Diego Chargers DE Corey Liuget Shoulder Injury Watch".
  6. ↑ "Corey Liuget — San Diego Chargers - 2016 Player Profile — Rotoworld.com".
  7. ↑ Wesseling, Chris (June 9, 2015). "Bolts, Corey Liuget agree on multi-year extension". NFL.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bergman, Jeremy (March 23, 2018). "Corey Liuget suspended 4 games for PEDs". NFL.com.
  9. ↑ "Corey Liuget Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Corey Liuget". Los Angeles Chargers. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. ↑ "Corey Liuget". NFL.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  12. ↑ "Newest Charger Meets Local Media Corey Liuget Selected By San Diego In 1st Round Of 2011 NFL Draft". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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