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KordellLooney
- position Defensive Tackle
- height 6-3
- Weight 297
- class Junior
- Hometown Springfield, Ohio
- High school Springfield
Career
- Played in 47 career games with two career starts
- Had 43 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks, six QBH, three PBU, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in his four-year career
- Had a career-high tying three tackles three times, the last in the win over Vanderbilt (10/20/18)
2020 – Senior
- Totaled nine tackles, two QBH and a fumble recovery in 10 games with one start
- Earned his second career start vs. Georgia
- Got a fumble recovery vs. South Carolina
2019 – Junior
- Played in 13 games with his first collegiate start coming at Mississippi State
- Totaled nine tackles, two TFL, a sack, two PBU, two quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles
- Had a solid game vs. Florida, recording a tackle, a sack, a TFL, a forced fumble and a PBU
2018 – Sophomore
- Played in all 13 games
Totaled 15 tackles, two QBHs and a PBU in 13 games - Had a career-high tying three tackles three times, the last in the win over Vanderbilt
2017 – Freshman – RS
- Played in 11 games, totaling 10 tackles
- Charted a career-high three tackles along with a tackle for loss vs. Louisville
- Had two tackles in the season opener vs. Southern Miss and at Mississippi State
High School
- A three-star recruit who was rated the No. 57 defensive tackle nationally and No. 42 player in Ohio by 247sports
- Rated No. 36 by Rivals
- Totaled 93 tackles and seven sacks in just two seasons of varsity football
- Didn’t start playing varsity football until his junior year of high school
- Two-time first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honoree
- Second-team AP Southwest All-District as a senior
- Blue-Grey All-American Bowl Watch List
- Two-sport athlete at Springfield as he also played basketball
- Coached by Maurice Douglass
- Chose UK over Louisville, Illinois and Pittsburgh
Personal
- Born in Springfield, Ohio
- Son of La’Rese Watkins, Rudolph Looney and Debra Stout
- Has nine siblings
- Major is sociology
Kordell Says
- His nickname is “Loon”
- He chose Kentucky because he loves the people, the school and the coaching staff
- Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to work with kids
- One word to describe him on the field is “hungry”
- One thing people might not know is that he doesn’t have a middle name