Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs South Carolina State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 7-26vs Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#11
Buddy Mack III
Senior defensive back on South Carolina's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 214 lb · Greer, SC
Returning to South Carolina for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1123 nationally · Signed with Byrnes
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on South Carolina's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Byrnes in 2020.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to South Carolina in 2024.
Buddy Mack III
Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against South Carolina State, Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20204 games
- Recruited3-star out of Byrnes
20244 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coaches2020
South Carolina
2024–2025
South Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo
2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy
2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 38–10
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
South Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · South Carolina
Returning around him
- 3 South Carolina players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (27 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Carolina · Last season: 4-8 (AP #11) · Talent rank #15 · 2026 recruiting class #14
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology