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Heisman / Players / Monkell Goodwine /South Carolina

Monkell Goodwine

DL · South Carolina · Sr · #44

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

31 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to South Carolina for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to South Carolina for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · South Carolina

Returning around him

  • 62% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 3 South Carolina players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 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 #18 · 2026 recruiting class #18

DL · SOUTH CAROLINA · SEC

Monkell Goodwine

  • 4
  • #44
  • 6-4 | 305 lb
  • Upper Marlboro, MD

CFB Zeitgeist Score

56

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 73rd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#8288

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#92 national
CFB
College
South Carolina
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDL
Class4
Jersey44
Measurements6-4 | 305 lb
HometownUpper Marlboro, MD
Primary teamSouth Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 92 recruit
Composite rating 0.9595 HighSchool
Signed with Alabama 2021
Origin Rock Creek Christian Academy Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 4-star | 0.9595 No. 92 recruit | HighSchool | Alabama

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination South Carolina 2024
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 3, 2024
Season Move Context
2024 Alabama -> South Carolina 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#8288Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#8053Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Alabama

Composite

0.9595

#92 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Monkell Goodwine

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Monkell Goodwine

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
31Tackles
4Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
34Tackles
4.3Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 31): needs 49/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 31): needs 69/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Monkell Goodwine is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on South Carolina's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 4.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #8288 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 92 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 31 23 solo | #1302/4942 (74th pct)
TFL 4.0 Backfield disruption | #738/4972 (85th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
31 74th
SOLO
23 82nd
TFL
4.0 85th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
3 75th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 24-11vs Virginia Tech530.00.00Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2W 38-10vs South Carolina State110.00.00
Wk 3L 7-31vs Vanderbilt320.00.00
Wk 4L 20-29@ Missouri320.00.00
Wk 5W 35-13vs Kentucky111.00.00
Wk 7L 10-20@ LSU321.50.00
Wk 8L 7-26vs Oklahoma220.00.00
Wk 9L 22-29vs Alabama111.00.01
Wk 10L 14-30@ Ole Miss440.00.00
Wk 12L 30-31@ Texas A&M210.00.00
Wk 13W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina100.00.00
Wk 14L 14-28vs Clemson540.50.00
Total31234.00.01
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025South Carolina31234.00.01----
Career1 loaded season31234.00.01----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 3 Quarterback hurries | #462/1878 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 31 #1302/4942 74th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 4.0 #738/4972 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 3 #462/1878 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 23 #839/4584 82nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home8g2.40.30.00.1
Road4g3.00.40.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins4g2.00.20.00.0
Losses8g2.90.40.00.1

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.70.40.00.0
Weeks 8+6g2.50.20.00.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

56Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (81st). Concern: sacks (23rd).

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct
3defe
Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct
4.0defe
Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct
23defe
Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct
31defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DL · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Monkell GoodwineSouth CarolinaBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 74% simTy BenefieldBoise State· 72% simTrey FieldsNorth Texas· 72% sim
QB hurries
82
Goodwine
72
Llewellyn
55
Benefield
95
Fields
Tackles for loss
73
Goodwine
80
Llewellyn
94
Benefield
87
Fields
Solo tackles
71
Goodwine
95
Llewellyn
100
Benefield
96
Fields
Tackles
55
Goodwine
99
Llewellyn
99
Benefield
98
Fields
Passes defended
48
Goodwine
86
Llewellyn
78
Benefield
67
Fields
Sacks
24
Goodwine
24
Llewellyn
24
Benefield
63
Fields

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Nose Anchor

Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keshon Griffin’s 2025 season.

Keshon Griffin

94%match

Rutgers · 2025

#2

Tawfiq Thomas

Colorado · 2025

92%
#3

Damon Payne Jr.

Michigan · 2025

90%
#4

Kyonte Hamilton

Rutgers · 2021

NFL Rd 7
89%
#5

Fatorma Mulbah

West Virginia · 2023

88%

Matches Keshon on

Class year
Height
Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Shemar Turner's sophomore season at Texas A&M (2022).

Shemar Turner

91%match

Texas A&M · 2022

All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 30
#2

Fatorma Mulbah

West Virginia · 2023

90%
#3

D.J. Withers

Kansas · 2023

90%
#4

Tiaoalil Savea

Arizona · 2022

89%
#5

Mike Jarvis

Liberty · 2025

89%

Matches Shemar on

Class year
Height
TFL rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Pass share

45.5%

340 pass / 407 run

Plays / game

62.2

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

13.0%

316 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Shane Beamer
South Carolina

Played his entire career under Shane Beamer.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownUpper Marlboro, MD
Height6'4"
Weight305 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey44

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 South Carolina DL4 #8288 #8053 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Alabama DL4 #5750 #5455 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Alabama DL4 #4730 #4343 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC
2021 Alabama DL4 #3969 #3515 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 South Carolina SEC DL 4 No. 44 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Upper Marlboro, MD
2024 South Carolina SEC DL 4 No. 44 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Upper Marlboro, MD
2023 Alabama SEC DL 4 No. 44 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Upper Marlboro, MD
2022 Alabama SEC DL 4 No. 44 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Upper Marlboro, MD
2021 Alabama SEC DL 4 No. 44 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Upper Marlboro, MD