#44

Monkell Goodwine

Senior defensive lineman on South Carolina's 2025 roster.

DL · South Carolina · Sr. · #44

6′4″ · 305 lb · Upper Marlboro, MD

CFB Index 53 · #149 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to South Carolina for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 31 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 1.5 TFL, 3 tackles, at LSU

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on South Carolina's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2021.
Transferred from Alabama to South Carolina in 2024.

His career, year by year

Monkell Goodwine

DL · South Carolina · Sr · #44

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. He got to South Carolina by way of Alabama. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Clemson — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Shane Beamer — 13-12 over that span.

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

53Rotational starter #149 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
Road4g	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #149 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #149 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #22 of 60 SEC DLs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Carolina	31	23	4.0	0.0	1	--	--
2024	South Carolina	16	10	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		47	33	5.5	0.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–10

vs South Carolina State

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

Dominant 28-point win at home against South Carolina State.

With M. Love — 49 AVG · 56 LONG · 5 NO · V. Swain — 1 SOLO · 2 TD · 1 TOT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-11vs Virginia Tech	5	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 38-10vs South Carolina State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-31vs Vanderbilt	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-29@ Missouri	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 35-13vs Kentucky	1	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-20@ LSU	3	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 7-26vs Oklahoma	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 22-29vs Alabama	1	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 14-30@ Ole Miss	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 30-31@ Texas A&M	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 14-28vs Clemson	5	4	0.5	—	0
Total		31	23	4.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

31Tackles

23Solo

4TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

31 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 91 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

South Carolina

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · 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

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

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

Keshon Griffin

93%match

Rutgers · 2025

Tawfiq Thomas

Colorado · 2025

92%

Keveion'ta Spears

SMU · 2025

86%

D.J. Withers

Kansas · 2023

85%

Shemar Turner

Texas A&M · 2022

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 30

84%

Matches Keshon on

Class year

Height

TFL 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

92%match

Texas A&M · 2022

All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 30

D.J. Withers

Kansas · 2023

90%

Mike Jarvis

Liberty · 2025

88%

Caleb Taylor

Kansas · 2021

86%

Douglas Blue-Eli

South Florida · 2023

85%

Matches Shemar on

Class year

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

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Keshon Griffin

Rutgers · 2025

93%

Tawfiq Thomas

Colorado · 2025

92%

Maverick Hansen

Michigan State · 2024

90%

Anterio Thompson

Washington · 2025

88%

Rayshaun Benny

Michigan · 2024

86%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2021

202411 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

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