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'13 TN ATH Cornelius Elder (Miami FL Signee)

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The Tennessean - Ensworth?s Corn Elder near top 10 in rushing

11/1

Ensworth running back Corn Elder ranks 11th on the state?s career rushing leaders list. The senior has 5,954 yards entering next week?s Division II-AA quarterfinal against the McCallie-St. Benedict winner.

He also ranks near the state leaders with 74 career rushing touchdowns.

Most Rushing Yards in a Career
9442 Troy Fleming Battle Ground Academy 1995-1998
8003 Marco Dailey Mt. Pleasant 2004-2007
7530 Joe Longmire Bruceton Central 1992-1995
7355 Tripp Tucker University School of Jackson 1995-1998
6730 Dixie Roberts McMinnville 1925-1928
6553 Lorenza Edwards Donelson Christian Academy 1986-1990
6450 Jeff Womack Warren County 1979-1980
6338 Orleans Opoku-Darkwa Ensworth 2006-2009
6227 Josh Boyd Camden Central 2002-2005
5990 Chris Wooden Donelson Christian Academy 2001-2004
5954 Corn Elder Ensworth 2010-2012
5987 Leroy Thompson Austin East 1983-1986
5932 Chris Wooden Donelson Christian Academy 2001-2004
5784 Ralph King Riverdale 1998-2001
5402 Andre Flowers Dyer County 2003-2006

Most Rushing Touchdowns in a Career
114 Marco Dailey Mt. Pleasant 2004-2007
95 Ralph King Riverdale 1998-2001
93 Tripp Tucker University School of Jackson 1995-1998
88 Joe Longmire Bruceton Central 1992-1995
87 Rafeal Hill Westview 1999-2002
85 Dixie Roberts McMinnville 1925-1928
81 Eric Westmoreland Marion County 1992-1995
77 Leroy Thompson Austin East 1983-1986
74 Corn Elder Ensworth 2010-2012
 
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The Tennessean - Corn-heads become craze at Ensworth

11/7

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Ensworth student Michael Buttarazzi was watching a Nebraska football game on TV last year when he noticed some Cornhusker fans wearing corn suits.

That gave him an idea. Ensworth?s star player is Corn Elder, so maybe Buttarazzi and his friends could wear corn suits to the Tigers? home games.

?We had been trying to figure out something fun to do at the games,? Buttarazzi said. ?In the past, we hadn?t been very original, but when we saw the corn suits we thought that would be perfect.?

But there was one problem.

?I looked on the Internet, and (the suits) were kind of expensive ? anywhere from $50 to $100 ? so I just did some searching and found ($20) corn hats that looked better than the suits,? said Peter Spruill, one of Buttarazzi?s classmates.

And the cornmen were born. Spruill, Buttarazzi, Hutt Cooke, Jack Nesbitt and Wyatt McClellan wear foam corn hats in support of Elder at the Tigers? games. All five are juniors.

?Most people love the hats,? Buttarazzi said. ?At the Brentwood Academy game I had a little kid come up to me and ask me for the hat, and he just ran off with it. The hats are about two feet long. It?s tough to wear around in the car. It?s always hitting people.?

Elder has nine major college offers, including Nebraska. He has rushed for 5,954 career yards and 74 touchdowns entering Friday?s Division II-AA quarterfinal against McCallie (5-5). Ensworth (10-0) is ranked 14th nationally by USA TODAY.

?It?s an honor to have people at our school do stuff like that, and it?s good to see,? said Elder, whose first name is Cornelius. ?I guess everybody likes it, and they get a good laugh out of it.?

Elder is taking his first official visit to UCLA next weekend and plans to take his second official visit to Ohio State in December. He hasn?t decided where to take his last three visits, but said he?s still interested in Nebraska.

?I don?t really have a list, but I?ve been talking to (Nebraska) so they?re still in the running,? Elder said.

Nebraska fans who wear corn hats refer to themselves as cornheads.

?They?re sort of like the cheeseheads,? said Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star sports writer Brian Christopherson, referring to Green Bay Packers fans who wear cheesehead hats. ?There are usually a couple hundred at each game.?

Sam McKewon, a sports writer for the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, believes the cornhead tradition became popular in the mid-1990s when ESPN?s College GameDay started visiting the Nebraska campus to televise games.

?College students could go to the GameDay set, and the hats were pretty distinctive,? McKewon said. ?It?s funny. Kids like them a lot. It?s usually the younger crew that wears the corn hats. Sometimes they?ll paint their face yellow.?

The corn hats got some more exposure when ESPNU televised Ensworth?s 20-0 win over Brentwood Academy three weeks ago.

?I guess they showed (the hats) on (ESPNU) a couple of times,? Ensworth coach Ricky Bowers said. ?I think that it?s a nice testament to Corn?s approachability and his affable nature off the field. I think what it says is he?s a likeable person.?
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I think Corn fits in Urb's offense perfectly....


If Meyer could finish this class with Corn Elder, Shelton Gibson, and James Quick at the skill positions to go along with the studs that have already verballed like 'Zeke and Marshall, I think we'd start to see more of the type of offense that he wants to run...


It seems to me that Meyer ran a lot more screens to his WRs out in space when he was at Florida; Corn is the type of player than can make somebody miss out in space and take it to the house on the reg...
 
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NINJA BUCK13;2252072; said:
I think Corn fits in Urb's offense perfectly....


If Meyer could finish this class with Corn Elder, Shelton Gibson, and James Quick at the skill positions to go along with the studs that have already verballed like 'Zeke and Marshall, I think we'd start to see more of the type of offense that he wants to run...


It seems to me that Meyer ran a lot more screens to his WRs out in space when he was at Florida; Corn is the type of player than can make somebody miss out in space and take it to the house on the reg...
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Meyer is running similar screens this year to Philly brown but he just hasn't been able to break as many tackles in space to get himself big gains. But you the see the offense from UF being partially implemented here but all the pieces aren't there yet. I agree corn could look great in that role on the edge
 
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The Daily News Journal - Ensworth's Corn Elder finishes with 3 state titles

11/29

COOKEVILLE ? After missing most of last year?s championship game with an ankle injury, Ensworth?s Corn Elder brought the pain to MUS Thursday night.

Elder, in his final game, rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a 31-14 victory and the Division II-AA title ? the third in as many years for Ensworth, which wrapped up its first undefeated campaign in school history and has now won its last 21 straight games.
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The Tennessean - Ensworth's Corn Elder finds his place in the backfield

11/29

When Corn Elder arrived at Ensworth as a freshman in 2009, coach Ricky Bowers wasn?t sure what position he would play.

Bowers eventually put Elder at tailback, proving to be a good decision considering that he ranks 12th among the state?s career rushing leaders entering tonight?s Division II-AA championship against Memphis University School in Cookeville.

?We had (Corn) at quarterback a little bit early on, and we weren?t certain whether he would be a running back or a receiver or whatever because his size was a concern,? Bowers said. ?Our quarterback, Andrew (Bowers), got hurt as a freshman and didn?t get to play, so we played Corn at quarterback (on the freshman team.)?
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