Receiver, Central Michigan, 2013–⁠17

Corey Willis

Number
No. 8
Height
5′10″
Weight
175 lb
Hometown
Holland, MI

Corey Willis played receiver at Central Michigan (2013–⁠17).

Career highs

8catches, career highthree times; last at Kansas, 2017148receiving yards, career highat Western Michigan, 20173receiving touchdowns, career highat Ball State, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Central Michigan77010.0016
2015Central Michigan3756415.2567
2016Central Michigan711,08715.3985
2017Central Michigan4566914.9977
Career1602,39014.92385

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Central Michigan8WR
2014Central Michigan8WR
2015Central Michigan8WR
2016Central Michigan8WR
2017Central Michigan8WR5′10″175

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Central Michigan80.46––3.7–
2015Central Michigan540.4233rd (n=465)0.5322.56%
2016Central Michigan1000.6872nd (n=489)0.5268.011%
2017Central Michigan720.6368th (n=507)0.5245.112%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Central Michigan 9 games, 45 catches, 669 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Rhode IslandW 30–⁠27843013–
Sep 9atKansasW 45–⁠278140136–
Oct 14vs.ToledoL 10–⁠30212012–
Oct 21atBall StateW 56–⁠9598363–
Nov 1atWestern MichiganW 35–⁠285148177–
Nov 8vs.Eastern MichiganW 42–⁠30671234–
Nov 14atKent StateW 42–⁠23575153–
Nov 24vs.Northern IllinoisW 31–⁠24338129–
Dec 22 ✦vs.WyomingL 14–⁠37344030–
2016 Central Michigan 13 games, 71 catches, 1,087 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.PresbyterianW 49–⁠3248146–
Sep 10atOklahoma StateW 30–⁠2732619–
Sep 17vs.UNLVW 44–⁠2161082310
Sep 24atVirginiaL 35–⁠496145285–
Oct 1vs.Western MichiganL 10–⁠49768021–
Oct 8vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠216105139–
Oct 15atNorthern IllinoisW 34–⁠28666125–
Oct 22atToledoL 17–⁠31673021–
Oct 29vs.Kent StateL 24–⁠27678128–
Nov 4atMiami (OH)L 17–⁠37573024–
Nov 15vs.OhioW 27–⁠2081090394
Nov 22atEastern MichiganL 21–⁠267125043–
Dec 19 ✦vs.TulsaL 10–⁠55363031–
2015 Central Michigan 13 games, 37 catches, 564 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Oklahoma StateL 13–⁠24214014−3
Sep 12vs.MonmouthW 31–⁠10456127–
Sep 19atSyracuseL 27–⁠30––––−6
Sep 26atMichigan StateL 10–⁠30557027–
Oct 3vs.Northern IllinoisW 29–⁠19347022–
Oct 10atWestern MichiganL 39–⁠41227121−3
Oct 17vs.BuffaloW 51–⁠14190914
Oct 24atBall StateW 23–⁠214411156
Oct 31atAkronW 14–⁠6––––7
Nov 10vs.ToledoL 23–⁠28451123–
Nov 18atKent StateW 27–⁠1461310484
Nov 27vs.Eastern MichiganW 35–⁠28280167–
Dec 28 ✦vs.MinnesotaL 14–⁠21451021–
2014 Central Michigan 3 games, 7 catches, 70 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 28vs.ChattanoogaW 20–⁠16–––––
Sep 13vs.SyracuseL 3–⁠4021006–
Sep 20atKansasL 10–⁠24560016−1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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