Former Edna Karr football standout Corey Adams has died from gunshot wounds suffered Saturday night, according to a release from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee.
Adams, a top player on the Karr football team that won a state championship last season, was found by deputies in a vehicle after a shooting that took place at about 10:14 p.m. outside a residence in Cordova, Tennessee. The deputies attempted “life-saving measures,” the release said, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Adams, listed as a freshman on the football team at Ole Miss, was among five shooting victims, the release said. The other four arrived in personal vehicles at area hospitals and are listed in non-critical condition, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
The Times-Picayune selected Adams as its all-metro defensive player of the year after the 6-foot-4, 250-pound standout ended the 2024 season with 47 tackles, including 15 sacks along with four forced fumbles.
Adams, 18, was twice selected by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association to the Class 5A all-state team, also selecting him as the 5A defensive player of the year in 2024. Catholic League coaches selected him as the all-district defensive MVP last season.
Adams had a sideline-to-sideline presence while also working his way into opposing team backfields, making him one of the more dominant defensive players in the New Orleans metro area.
Among his more memorable plays was when the then junior wrested the football from the Holy Cross quarterback and ran 70 yards for a touchdown.
The Edna Karr football Facebook page said the community was “heartbroken and tormented to pieces,” and remembered Adams on Sunday as “a friend, brother, son, student, and all around great young man.”
Ole Miss said Sunday that the football program “is trying to cope with this tragic loss,” according to a statement from the Ole Miss football program, and “our thoughts are with his loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”
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