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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | December 9, 1988||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: |
Shadow Ridge (Las Vegas, Nevada) | ||||||||||||
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NFL draft: | 2012 / Round: 5 / Pick: 154 | ||||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Korey Toomer (born December 9, 1988) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL draft. [1] He played college football at Idaho.
Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Toomer is the son of Pamelisa and Kyle Toomer. He is a 2007 graduate of Shadow Ridge High School.
A junior college transfer from Arizona Western in Yuma, Toomer played his final two years of college football at Idaho in the WAC. He saw action on special teams and as a reserve linebacker as a junior in 2009 and redshirted in 2010, after seriously injuring his hand in fall camp. As a senior in 2011, Toomer started at linebacker and also saw late season action on offense as a fullback. After the season he was named the team's MVP.
Toomer was among the Seahawks' last cuts due to shoulder injury in 2012 [2] and was signed to the practice squad. [3] On August 27, 2013, he was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list. He was a part of the 2013 Seattle Seahawks team that won Super Bowl XLVIII. In 2014, he was released as part of final roster cuts. [4]
Toomer was claimed off waivers by the Cowboys. He was released on October 17, 2014. [5]
Toomer was signed to the Rams' practice squad. On October 28, 2014, he was promoted to the active roster. [6] He was released on August 31, 2015. [7]
Toomer was signed to the Raiders' practice squad on October 27, 2015, and was promoted to the active roster on October 31. [8] On September 3, 2016, Toomer was released by the Raiders. [9] The next day, he was signed to the Raiders' practice squad. [10] He terminated his contract on September 27, 2016. [11]
On September 28, 2016, Toomer was signed by the Chargers. [12]
On March 9, 2017, the Chargers placed an original-round (fifth round) tender on Toomer. [13] He officially signed his tender on April 4, 2017, keeping him under contract with the Chargers for 2017. [14]
On September 11, 2017, in the season opener against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football, Toomer forced a fumble from running back Jamaal Charles. The fumble was recovered by teammate Casey Hayward and set up the Chargers to have an eventual touchdown scoring drive. [15]
On April 4, 2018, Toomer signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. [16] He was released on September 1, 2018. [17]
On September 3, 2018, Toomer signed with the Green Bay Packers. [18] He was released on November 28, 2018. [19]
Toomer signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on June 25, 2019. [20] He was released after the season on November 15, 2019. [21]
Toomer signed with the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL. He was placed on a reserve list before the start of the regular season, and was traded to the Seattle Dragons in exchange for S. J. Green on February 18, 2020. [22] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. [23]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2014 | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
STL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | OAK | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | SDG | 13 | 8 | 75 | 53 | 22 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2017 | LAC | 15 | 8 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | GNB | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
53 | 16 | 133 | 91 | 42 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |