Ole Miss football freshman defensive end Corey Adams was honored with a balloon ceremony at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. He was killed on July 19.

Ole Miss freshman football player Corey Adams was killed in a shooting in Tennessee, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday. Law enforcement officials found Adams with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in Cordova on the outskirts of Memphis late Saturday, the sheriff's office said in a statement.

The Ole Miss football community is mourning the tragic loss of freshman defensive lineman Corey Adams, who was killed in a shooting Saturday night (July 19) in Cordova, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. Adams, just 18 years old, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a car at an intersection, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.