Korrin Abernathy

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Korrin Abernathy
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No. 31 – Orange County Otters
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (2011-09-19)September 19, 2011 (aged 49)
Detroit, Michigan
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:Fleming High (9th), Midland High (10th-12th)
College:Marshall
ISFL Draft:18 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9
DSFL Draft:17 / Round: 3 / Pick: 4 (16)
Career history
Orange County Otters (S18-present)
  • Kansas City Coyotes (S17)
Roster status:Active

Player stats at ISFL.net

Korrin Abernathy (born January 19, 2011) is an American football cornerback who is currently in his seventh season for the Orange County Otters. He played college football for Marshall University, and was a member of the Kansas City Coyotes in the DSFL for only a season.


Early years

Korrin Abernathy was born September 19th, 2011 to Richard and Gretchen Abernathy in Detroit, Michigan. Richard was a businessman who unfortunately passed away in a boating accident in early 2018, leaving Korrin fatherless at the age of 6. His mother Gretchen raised him to the best of her abilities, encouraging him to take up a sport to vent his frustration at life, and Korrin chose football when he started middle school in 2022. He quickly became a star on both sides of the ball, and played so well that when he began attending Fleming High, he skipped JV and was a starting corner and receiver his only year with the team. In the summer of 2026, Gretchen, a now high-profile surgeon, took a job at Huntington Hosptial in West Virginia, forcing Korrin to move to Midland High for his final three high school seasons. He excelled, both as a receiver and corner, and was offered full scholarships by both Marshall University and Liberty University, but ultimately chose Marshall because of its location and status.


College career

Freshman season, Korrin saw meaningful snaps in only 5 games and posted 2 INT, 14 TKL, 6 PD, and 1 FR. Sophomore season, he racked up 6 INT, 57 TKL, 22 PD, 4 FF, 1 FR, and 2 TDs. Korrin simply exploded his junior year, grabbing 12 INT to set a new single-season (12) and career (20) INT record for the Thundering Herd. He also tallied 108 TKL, 2 sacks, 8 TFL, 41 PD, 7 FF, and 3 FR, as well as scoring a total of 6 TDs and blocking 2 punts and a field goal en route to a team MVP season. Korrin decided to ride his success upwards and declared for the draft rather than return to the Herd for his senior season.

College career statistics

College statistics Defense
Season Team Games Tackles TFL FF/FR Sacks Int PD SFTY TD BLK
2029 (S14) ISFL 5 14 0 0/1 0 2 6 0 0 0
2030 (S15) ISFL 13 57 0 4/1 0 6 22 0 0 0
2031 (S16) ISFL 13 108 8 7/3 2 12 41 0 6 3

Professional career

When he began the process of draft prep, Korrin was contacted by 4 of the 6 DSFL teams, but ended up being take 16th overall with the 4th pick in the 3rd round by the Kansas City Coyotes. Abernathy was excited to get his career underway. He dominated the run game, amassing 103 tackles with 3 for loss, but made hardly any impact on the passing game as he was played at FS instead of his natural cornerback. Following the season, however, Abernathy had a chance to be drafted into the big leagues, and sure enough, with the 9th overall pick in the first round, the Orange County Otters selected Abernathy to play for them in the NSFL, and immediately called him up. He played his first season at nickelback and transitioned to cornerback as some of the members of the secondary aged. His first game of the season, in a total rout of the San Jose Sabercats, Abernathy intercepted a pass from Dan Quinn and returned it for a touchdown. It would be his only interception the entire season. Abernathy was vociferously unhappy with this fact, but his displeasure subsided after the Otters prevailed over the Yellowknife Wraiths 16-10 in Ultimus XVIII. It marked only the second time the away team had won an Ultimus and extended the Otter's record number of Ultimuses.


His second season, Abernathy improved a good deal in his pass defense game. He netted two more interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown in a 44-14 loss to the Colorado Yeti. He also added 13 pass defenses to his resume, although half of them came in weeks 6 and 7 of the regular season. However, once again, his Otters made a clean sweep of the playoffs, defeating the Yellowknife Wraiths on the road again 30-27 in a very tense, nail-biting game. Many critics stated that the Ultimus was the best in terms of entertainment and suspense that had been played in years. This was the third time an away team had won the Ultimus, and the second time that Orange County had pulled off a three-peat to bring their championship total to a whopping 8 of 19. Abernathy also made history this season, becoming only the 7th player across the NSFL's 19 full seasons to block a field goal in a game. Many punts have been blocked, and a few extra points, but his clutch block of a field goal against the New Orleans Second Line helped his team rise to victory in the game.


In the S20 season, Korrin's third, he began to show flashes of greatness. He has less tackles, but two more interceptions, and the Orange County Otters made the playoffs for the 20th straight season. However, they lost in the first round to the New Orleans Second Line, ending Abernathy's season early for the first time in his career. This early exit coincided with a few happenings in the league, including the replacement of longtime legendary general manager Nate Nickerson, who for the last two seasons had been training Easton Morshicken, his co-GM, and intern Leon Maverick. Leon stepped into the co-GM role and Morshicken took over the head GM role. During the season, Maverick and Morshicken made several trades that may have contributed to the less than stellar performance of the team. The new fearless leaders traded away safety Dan Schneider for cap space, then made a shocking blockbuster trade to send the star of the Otter's defensive line to the Chicago Butchers along with picks and cap space in exchance for what would become the S21 1st overall pick. After the trade, the Otters did not win another game. It was questioned by several, and it remains to be seen how well the pick works out for Orange County. But Abernathy did not let the team's losing streak stop him, nor did his trust in the management waver. He picked up two interceptions and a lot of pass deflections during the timespan, and during the offseason promised to work harder than ever to make an even better push at season records and awards. After taking two weeks off to relax and destress from the season, he went hard on his training once again to try to make S21 his best yet.


During the S21 season, Abernathy played a new and different role for the Otters. He was utilized at free safety the majority of the season, which is something that he had experience with due to his season for the Kansas City Coyotes. Although he also played a couple games at nickel back, this positioning allowed Korrin to register many firsts for his career: his first forced fumble, his first fumble recovery, and his first sack. This was also the first season Korrin did not have an interception returned for a touchdown. His last statistic of note was a career-high for tackles with 73. As for his team's performance, Orange County won 10 games and only lost 3 en route to a regular season title, powered by quarterback Franklin Armstrong's new single season passer rating record of 109.5. Strangely, the Otters lost to New Orleans at home early in the season, then defeated the Second Line in week 11 to secure the head to head playoff tiebreaker for home field advantage based on Points For. Going into the playoffs with ultimate home field advantage and a first round bye, the Otters were confident in their chances at making and winning their 9th Ultimus, which would extend their stranglehold on the league lead for titles. However, after beating the Austin Copperheads in the wildcard game, the New Orleans Second Line brought their A-game to Orange County. New Orleans brought it early and often, controlling the lead late into the game. In the 4th quarter, the Otters brought the game to a tie, and New Orleans was unable to break the tie before the game went into overtime. The Otters were snuffed on their first drive of overtime, and the Second Line were able to drive within field goal range to kick the game-deciding three pointer right through the uprights.

In S22, Abernathy played all over the place on the field. He was a nickel back, a free safety, a strong safety, and even an outside linebacker when the team ran 3-4 defense. He has his worst statistical year to date, only posting one pass deflection, but he did rack up an impressive 7 sacks through the season. Abernathy became discouraged as the season wore on, however, as playing at safety seemed to have completely eliminated his ability to grab the ball out of the air. Abernathy did not log a single interception across the season or the playoffs, meaning that his streak of games without a pick, which started in Week 8 of S21 following his interception of Jay Cue of the Arizona Outlaws, was extended even further. After losing in the conference championship in S21 and suffering a 1-point loss in the Ultimus in S22, that makes Abernathy's interceptionless streak a whopping 24 games. That streak is the second longest in National Simulation Football League history, behind only his Otters teammate Kacey Dream, who went 27 games without an interception from S20-S22. During the S22 playoffs, after another 10-3 season, Abernathy and the Otters breezed through the San Hose Sabercats in the wildcard round, and awaited the result of the New Orleans Second Line vs. Austin Copperheads matchup. Austin won the game by a touchdown, and so Orange County and Austin embarked upon in an incredibly intense playoff game. The game was dominated by Orange County, although the score would not suggest as much. 50-38 was the final, and the Otters moved on to face the Yeti in the S22 Ultimus. Orange County lost to the Colorado Yeti 25-24 on a last 2 minute drive by Wolfie McDummy and company and went home, making their Ultimus record 8-3. The Yeti's victory was their first.

In S23, Korrin Abernathy had a fantastic season. Despite being removed from the return team in favor of Future Trunks and Lord Beerus, Korrin moved from his safety position, which he had occupied for 2 seasons, over into the CB1 role for the Orange County Otters defense. This returned Korrin to his true calling as an all-around corner, lurking routes to defend yardage and to knock passes out of the air. In the second game of the season against the Honolulu Hahalua, Abernathy intercepted two passes, breaking his streak of interceptionless games which maxed out at 25. During the game Korrin added 1 tackle and 2 additional passes defensed en route to a defensive player of the game accolade. That game would be a sign of what was to come for Abernathy, as across the course of the season it became clear he was among the best at his position. In the first 8 games of the newly extended 16 game season, Abernathy amassed a whopping 4 interceptions and 16 passes defensed, adding 16 tackles to make him far and away the class of the league. However over the last 8 games, opposing quarterbacks wised up and began avoiding Abernathy on the field. The last 8 games saw a stat line of 1 interception, which was returned for a touchdown, 8 passes defensed, and 23 tackles. Despite a very weak second half of the season, due largely in part to the quarterback's wariness of throwing to Abernathy's side of the field, Korrin finished with an impressive 5 interceptions, tied with David Rector and Dermot Lavelle Jr. for the most in the league, and 24 passes defensed, tied with Jim Waters for most in the league. This was enough to not only help the Otters to an 11-5 record and playoff berth, where they lost narrowly to the Austin Copperheads, but pushed Abernathy to his first pro bowl as the CB1 of the ASFC. Not only this, but Abernathy was named the cornerback of the year across the league, beating out excellent corners like Rector, Lavelle Jr., and Zamir Kehla.

During S24 in the International Simulation Football League, Korrin Abernathy regressed towards the mean rather significantly. After a 5/24 INT/PD statline the season before, each tied for tops in the league, the corner dropped to a 2/19 statline. While not a bad season at all, in fact tied for 7th among cornerbacks for passes defensed, Abernathy was not happy with his season. The Otters finished the season in a four-way tie for first with a record of 9-7 in the American division, along with the San Jose Sabercats, the New Orleans Second Line, and the Arizona Outlaws. After a round of tiebreakers, San Jose came away with the top seed in the division, followed by Orange County with the second seed and New Orleans knocking Arizona out via a fourth tiebreaker. Orange County defeated the Second Line in the divisional round, but lost in the conference championship to the eventual Ultimus Champion Sabercats. That loss marked the final game of longtime franchise quarterback Franklin Armstrong. The main reason the Otters went to so many championships, Armstrong was just hitting his stride when Abernathy came up to the majors for the first time. Over the seasons Abernathy and Armstrong had become close, and watching his friend finally step away from the game he loved was an emotional experience. Abernathy wished that he could have given Armstrong another ring before his final walk off into the sunset, but alas it was not to be. Failing at that task did nothing but make Abernathy even more hungry for success under new freshman QB Suleiman Ramza.

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40‑yd dash 20‑ss 3‑cone Vert jump Broad BP Wonderlic
5 ft 11 in
(1.80 m)
195 lb
(88 kg)
4.38 s 4.29 s 7.25 s 28.7 in
(0.73 m)
10 ft 6 in
(3.20 m)
15 reps 35


Professional career statistics

Career statistics Tackles Coverage Safeties Touchdowns Blocks Kick Returns
Season Team Games Tck TFL FF/FR Sck Int PD Sfty TD Blk P/XP/FG KR KR Yds KR Avg KR Lg KR TD
2033 (S18) Otters 13 73 3 1/1 0 1 7 0 1 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0
2034 (S19) Otters 13 68 0 0/0 0 2 13 0 1 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0
2035 (S20) Otters 13 48 0 0/0 0 3 15 0 1 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0
2036 (S21) Otters 13 74 0 0/0 2 1 3 0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0
2037 (S22) Otters 13 53 0 0/0 7 0 1 0 0 0/0/0 27 661 24.5 46 0
2038 (S23) Otters 16 49 0 0/0 0 5 24 0 1 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0
2039 (S24) Otters 16 55 0 0/1 0 2 19 0 0 0/0/0 6 162 27 44 0

Achievements and records

Ultimus XVII, XIX Champion S23 Pro Bowl Cornerback S23 Cornerback of the Year