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| Position | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1971-10-04)October 4, 1971 (age 54) Key West, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 177 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Key West | ||||||||||
| College | Florida State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1994: 4th round, 104th overall pick | ||||||||||
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Corey Franklyn Sawyer (born October 4, 1971) is an American former professionalfootball player who was acornerback for six seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) during the 1990s. He playedcollege football for theFlorida State Seminoles, earning consensusAll-American honors in 1993. He played professionally for theCincinnati Bengals andNew York Jets of the NFL, theMemphis Maniax of theXFL, and theTampa Bay Storm andChicago Rush of theArena Football League (AFL).
Sawyer was born inKey West, Florida.[1] He graduated fromKey West High School,[2] where he playedhigh school football for the Key West Conchs.
Sawyer accepted anathletic scholarship to attend Florida State University, where he played for theFlorida State Seminoles football team from 1990 to 1993. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at defensive back as a senior in 1993, and was a member of the Seminoles' team that defeated theNebraska Cornhuskers 18–16 in theOrange Bowl to win theBowl Coalition national championship.[3]
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Sawyer in the fourth round (104th pick overall) of the1994 NFL draft.[4] He played for the Bengals from1994 to1998.[1] He played in 60 regular season games for the Bengals, mostly as a backup at cornerback, but also as a punt and kickoff returner.[5] In his five seasons in Cincinnati, he returned 54 punts for 507 yards and a touchdown, and 15 kickoffs for 305 yards.[5] As a defensive back, he compiled 163 tackles and 11 interceptions for 163 return yards and a touchdown.[5] He also played one NFL season as a backup for the New York Jets in1999.[1]
He played for theMemphis Maniax of theXFL in 2001. He played for theTampa Bay Storm andChicago Rush of theArena Football League (AFL) from 2002 to 2004.
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1994 | CIN | 15 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CIN | 12 | 8 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | CIN | 15 | 2 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | CIN | 15 | 2 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | CIN | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYJ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 65 | 12 | 164 | 145 | 19 | 3.5 | 11 | 163 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |