Nick Emmanwori

Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2024: 4 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 88 tackles.

DB · South Carolina · Jr. · #7

6′3″ · 227 lb · Irmo, SC

CFB Index 85 · #21 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceAll-AmericanSeattle — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 3, #35 overall

On production he ranks #21 of 537 safeties; on reputation he is an All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 435 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2024: 4 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 88 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2022.
Drafted round 2 by the Seattle in 2025.
Named All-America (SN) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Carolina, 237 tackles, an All-American season (2024) — drafted at #35 overall by Seattle.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202212 games

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Irmo

202413 games

All-America3 selectors
All-SECfirst

2025

Drafted by Seattleround 2, pick 35

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#435 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #35

Seattle · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2024)

2 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

Played his entire career under Shane Beamer.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season

#35Rd 2 · Pick 3

SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Shane Beamer — 22-16 over that span.

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #21 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#28 / 2892 · 99th pct

Tackles#94 / 2892 · 97th pct

Interceptions#21 / 862 · 96th pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.3
Road6g	7.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.5	0.5	0.0	0.0

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 · 2024

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #21 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #21 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Carolina	88	57	3.0	2	4	--
2023	South Carolina	71	47	0.0	8	2	--
2022	South Carolina	78	59	1.0	1	--	--
Career		237	163	4.0	11	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–20

vs Texas A&M

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas A&M.

With L. Sellers — 244 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.5 · 106 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · R. Sanders — 144 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-19vs Old Dominion	5	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 31-6@ Kentucky	7	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 33-36vs LSU	9	8	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 50-7vs Akron	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 3-27vs Ole Miss	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 25-27@ Alabama	9	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 35-9@ Oklahoma	11	7	1.0	2	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 10	W 44-20vs Texas A&M	3	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 28-7@ Vanderbilt	8	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 34-30vs Missouri	11	8	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-12vs Wofford	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 17-14@ Clemson	7	5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-21@ Illinois	5	3	0.0	—	0
Total		88	57	3.0	4	2

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