 Webster with the New York Giants in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1982-03-02)March 2, 1982 (age 43) Vacherie, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | St. James (Vacherie) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2005: 2nd round, 43rd pick | ||||||||||||||
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Corey Jonas Webster (born March 2, 1982) is an American former professionalfootball player who was acornerback for theNew York Giants of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theLSU Tigers. Webster was selected by the Giants in the second round of the2005 NFL draft and later won twoSuper Bowls with the team, both over theNew England Patriots.[1]
Webster attendedSt. James High School inVacherie, Louisiana, and was a two-sport star in both football andbasketball. He was an all-statequarterback wearing jersey #1 for the Wildcats football team and an all-state guard wearing jersey #11 for the basketball team. He was recruited as awide receiver coming out of high school but was later asked to play cornerback at LSU by then coachNick Saban.
After catching 7 passes for 74 yards as a true freshman, Webster converted to Cornerback for the 2002 season. He would end his college career with 16 interceptions (2nd in school history), be named as a 1st Team All-American twice, and was a 1st Team All-SEC selection 3 times. As a junior in 2003, he finished second in the SEC with 25 pass breakups and had 17 as a sophomore in 2002.[2]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft0+1⁄8 in (1.83 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.50 s | 4.01 s | 6.91 s | 39.0 in (0.99 m) | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | 13 reps | |||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[3][4] | ||||||||||||
In 2007, Webster was limited tospecial teams duty or even inactive after starting the first few weeks after what was seen as a widely poor performance in the Giants opening weeks of the season. Later on in the season, he had a good game against theBuffalo Bills in week 16, which was a precursor to his playoff success. He had an interception and a touchdown against the Bills. In theWild Card Playoff game against theTampa Bay Buccaneers, he interceptedJeff Garcia in the end zone. He also recovered a fumble by Buccaneers returnerMicheal Spurlock at the beginning of the second half. This turnover set up a Giant field goal. In theNFC divisional Playoff game, he came up with near shutdown defense on All-ProTerrell Owens. He also made what turned out to be the game-winning interception against theGreen Bay Packers in theNFC Championship game, sending the Giants toSuper Bowl XLII.[5] This turned out to beBrett Favre's last pass as a Packer.
InSuper Bowl XLII, Webster provided a huge performance through the first three quarters. However, on the go-aheadPatriots scoring drive, he fell down, which allowedNew England Patriots receiverRandy Moss to score an easy touchdown on a key third down play, putting the Patriots up 14–10 with less than three minutes to go in the game. But, he came back to deflect a pass fromTom Brady to Randy Moss on the next drive to prevent the Patriots from scoring, and all but securing the Super Bowl victory.[6]
On December 14, 2008, theNew York Giants gave him a 5-year $43.5 million deal with $20 million guaranteed.[7]
During the Giants opening home game against theRedskins on September 13, 2009, Webster was involved in an altercation withWashington Redskins wide receiverSantana Moss. Both players were penalized forUnsportsmanlike Conduct.
Webster had a career-high six interceptions during the 2011 regular season.[8] Webster helped the Giants beat the Patriots for the second time in five years inSuper Bowl XLVI by a score of 21–17. He defended 1 pass and recorded a tackle.[9][10]
Webster had a career-high 58 tackles (52 solo) during the 2012 regular season.[11]
Webster suffered ahip flexor and was questionable for the September 22, 2013, game against theCarolina Panthers.[12]
On December 27, 2023, over a decade after his last NFL snap, Webster announced that he would sign a one-day contract to retire as a Giant.[13]
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| Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | G | GS | Total | Solo | Sck | Sfty | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2005 | NYG | 15 | 2 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | NYG | 12 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | NYG | 14 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34T | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 50 | 48 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | NYG | 13 | 13 | 51 | 44 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | NYG | 15 | 15 | 52 | 45 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 51 | 43 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | NYG | 16 | 16 | 58 | 52 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | NYG | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 121 | 93 | 371 | 330 | 2.0 | 0 | 20 | 226 | 11.3 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
