Ole Miss announced the death of freshman Corey Adams on social media on July 20. According to a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Adams, 18, was a homicide victim. According to the police, around 10:14 p.m. on July 19, a shooting occurred outside a residence on Fern Glade Cove in Cordova, Tennessee.

Ole Miss freshman football player Corey Adams was killed at the age of 18 in a shooting Saturday night in Tennessee.

Ole Miss freshman Corey Adams has been killed in a shooting in Tennessee, police have said. The 18-year-old, one of the country’s most promising young defensive linemen, was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle just outside Memphis on Saturday.