Trey Cornist

Position:
Running Back
Class:
Junior
Height:
5-11
Weight:
225
Hometown:
Cincinnati, OH
High School:
Winton Woods HS
Prev School:
Central Michigan

Prior to UConn: Trasferred to UConn after a season at Central Michigan...In 2025 at CMU, saw action in all 13 games … Earned preseason Fourth Team All-MAC honors from Athlon Magazine… Concluded the season ranked No. 3 on the team in rushing yards with 470 on 105 carries with one touchdown and a 4.5 yards per carry average … Led the Chippewas with 66 yards rushing on 11 carries with a long of 22 yards in the GameAbove Sports Bowl vs. Northwestern (12/26) … Rushed 12 times for 35 yards at Kent State (11/19) … Rushed for 62 yards on 10 carries with a long of 13 vs. Buffalo (11/12) … Rushed for 70 yards on a career-high 15 carries with a long of 21 yards vs. Massachusetts (10/25) … Rushed 11 times for 52 yards with a season-long run of 29 yards vs. Wagner (9/20) … Rushed 10 times for 14 yards at Pittsburgh (9/6) … Rushed for a career-high 99 yards on 13 carries and scored on a 29-yard touchdown run in the season opener at San Jose State (8/29)...Transferred after two seasons at Tulane...In 2024, saw action in six games … Rushed for 149 yards and one touchdown on 22 attempts with a long of 23 yards, caught two passes for 21 yards … Averaged 6.8 yards per carry … Rushed for a career-high 48 yards with a long of 15 on seven carries vs. Temple (Nov. 9) … Rushed seven times for 26 yards and a touchdown at South Florida (Sept. 28) … Rushed for 39 yards on four carries at Louisiana (Sept. 21) … In first career game, rushed for 33 yards on three carries and caught one pass for 11 yards vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Aug. 29) … Also saw action at Charlotte (Oct. 31) and at UAB (Oct. 5)...Did not see action in 2023 at Tulane...In two-year collegiate career at Central Michigan and Tulane, has rushed for 619 yards on 127 carries and two touchdowns (4.5 average yards per carry) … Transferred to Central Michigan following two years at Tulane, where he saw action in six games and rushed for 149 yards and touchdown … Enrolled at Central Michigan in January 2025.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 graduate of Winton Woods High School, where he played one year of varsity football for head coach Chad Murphy for the Warriors … Two-time All-State player … Two-time All-District honoree … Named the Southwest District Offensive Player of the Year following his senior year … Two-time All-Conference honoree … Earned First Team Eastern Cincinnati Conference honors as a senior … Three-time team offensive player of the year … Won back-to-back league rushing titles … Rushed for 1,650 yards as a senior with 27 touchdowns on 180 carries (9.0 yards per rush) … Led the ECC in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns … Helped lead the Warriors to a 12-1 mark and a perfect 9-0 ECC mark during his senior season … Rushed for 343 yards and six touchdowns on just 18 carries vs. Anderson during his senior season … Rushed for over 100 yards in five consecutive games during his senior season … Transferred to Winton Woods for his senior year following two years at Mount Healthy … Rushed for 1,757 yards and 20 touchdowns combining the 2020 and 2021 seasons … Rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, 247sports.com, On3.com, and ESPN … Ranked the No. 34 overall prospect in Ohio.