UTAH: Started both seasons at Utah, playing free and strong safety … honorable mention all-conference as a senior. 2018–Honorable mention All-Pac-12 … played in all 14 games with 13 starts (6 at free safety, 7 at strong safety) … 70 tackles (4.0 TFL, 1.0 sack), seven pass breakups, an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery … career-high 12 tackles against Arizona State and Washington (in the Pac-12 Championship game) … led Utah with 10 tackles and a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss (1.0 sack) against Northwestern in the Holiday Bowl … five tackles and a forced fumble against Northern Illinois … five tackles and a pass breakup against Oregon … four tackles, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery vs. Stanford … three tackles, two pass breakups and an interception return for 23 yards against Washington State. 2017–Played in all 13 games with 10 starts … 45 tackles (1.0 TFL) … second on the team with two interceptions … four passes defended (2 INT, 2 PBU) … career-high 10 tackles against Arizona State … six tackles (1.0 TFL) and an interception against Arizona … six tackles, an interception and a pass breakup vs. Washington State.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference and first-team all-conference as a sophomore safety at Blinn College in 2016 … 41 tackles, five sacks, a forced fumble, three interceptions and eight pass breakups in 2016 … season-high 10 tackles, an interception and a pass breakup against Kilgore College … five sacks, an interception and four pass breakups against Arkansas Baptist College … played in seven games as a freshman at Blinn and recorded 19 tackles and three pass breakups … first-team All-District 16-6A as a senior at Summer Creek HS (Texas) in 2014 … helped Summer Creek win a district title in 2013 … honorable mention All-District basketball player.
PERSONAL: Son of Cedric Ballard and Cherie Coxeff … one brother and three sisters … bachelor’s degree in sociology … full name is Corrion (pronounced kory-ahn) D’Neal Ballard.