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7 Corey Rucker

  • Position WR
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 213
  • Hometown Bentonia, Miss.
  • Previous School Yazoo County HS

Biography

2024 (A-State): Named All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team at wide receiver … Was an Athlon Sports Sun Belt Conference Preseason Second Team selection … Started in all 13 games for Arkansas State … Recorded his first 1000 receiving yard season, hauling in a team-leading 1053 yards on 69 catches, the fourth-most receiving yards in a single season in program history … Ranked 18th nationally in total receiving yards … Averaged 81.0 yards per game and had five 100-plus yard performances … Finished with a season-high 193 receiving yards on 12 catches against Troy … Had a long reception of 79 yards in the 68 Ventures Bowl game victory against Bowling Green … Finished the season with seven touchdowns, four coming in the final three games … Enters the 2025 season with the most career receiving yards in Arkansas State history (3037), second-most career touchdown catches (23), and second-most career receptions (180) ... Arkansas State Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member.

2023 (A-State): Played and started in all 13 games in his return back to Jonesboro … Led the team with 705 receiving yards and 36 catches … Hauled in a pair of touchdowns against Northern Illinois in the Camellia Bowl … Had a long reception of 68 yards against Coastal Carolina … Finished with three 100-plus yard receiving performances including a season-high 160 yards at ULM … Also recorded a rush for six yards ... Arkansas State Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member. 

2022 (South Carolina): Midyear signee available to participate in A-State’s 2023 spring camp … Appeared in just two games at South Carolina in 2022 before going down to injury, recording one catch for 52 yards against Charlotte (Sept. 24), going for a touchdown.

2021 (A-State): FWAA Freshman All-America … Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference … Phil Steele Second Team All-Sun Belt … CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 6 … SBC Offensive Player of the Week (S. 6) … CSM Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (S. 7) … Athlon Sports Preseason Fourth Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... PFF Preseason Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... During A-State’s spring camp, earned the team’s offensive “consistency in performance” award … Arkansas State Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member … Led the team and ranked fifth in the Sun Belt with 826 receiving yards on 59 catches … Scored nine receiving touchdowns, leading the team and ranking second in the league … Finished with three 100-plus yard receiving games including a season-high 138 yards receiving against Central Arkansas in the season opener … Recorded a long reception of 37 yards at Tulsa, a game where he also finished with 115 receiving yards … Had four games with at least seven catches … Scored a season-high three touchdowns against Central Arkansas … Had two multi-touchdown games … Finished with two carries for 20 yards and a touchdown … Recorded one solo tackle versus Georgia Southern.

2020 (A-State): Saw action in eight games as a true freshman, including one as a starter ... Completed the season with 16 receptions for 453 yards and five touchdowns ... Named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week, College Football Performance (CFPA) National Performer of the Week and College Sports Madness National Player of the Week, while also earning an ESPN College Football Helmet Sticker for his performance in A-State’s season finale against ULM ... Broke the NCAA FBS record for single-game receiving yards by a freshman during the ULM contest, recording a school-record 310 yards and four touchdowns on nine receptions ... His 310 yards against the Warhawks were also the second most in Sun Belt Conference history and the most by an FBS player since 2016 ... Tied the school record for touchdown receptions in a game with four, which also matched the second most ever by a Sun Belt player ... Averaged 34.4 yards per catch in the contest for the fifth-best average in SBC history ... Caught at least one pass in six games, including three with multiple receptions ... In addition to his 310-yard outburst against ULM, posted 56 receiving yards versus Central Arkansas, 40 against Georgia State and 39 at Kansas State ... Also posted one touchdown reception against UCA ... Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member.

High School: Completed his senior season at Yazoo County with 56 receptions for 996 yards and 14 total touchdowns ... Averaged 76.6 yards per game and almost 18 yards per catch ... Named Class 3A First Team All-State by the Mississippi Association of Coaches ... Played in the All-Star Football Classic game, helping lead the North squad to a 28-7 victory ... Played his junior year at Madison Central, catching 21 passes for 324 yards and four touchdowns ... Listed as a 3-star prospect by 247Sports, which tabs him as the No. 38 overall player in the state and No. 213 wide receiver in the nation ... ESPN 3-star prospect rated as the No. 27 player in the state and No. 151 wide receiver in the country ... Rivals two-star prospect ... Also recruited by schools such as South Alabama and ULM.

Personal: Born June 9, 2002 ... General Studies major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2020Freshman

    WR
    6'2" 190 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2021Freshman

    WR
    6'0" 203 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    WR
    6'0" 210 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2024Redshirt Junior

    WR
    6'0" 214 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2025Redshirt Senior

    WR
    6'0" 213 lbs
    7