O'Donnell Fortune

Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2024: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

DB · South Carolina · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 185 lb · Sumter, SC

CFB Index 67 · #125 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceSouth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 757 nationally · Signed with Sumter

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at South Carolina. 2024: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Sumter in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at South Carolina, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Sumter

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#757 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021–2024

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

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

67Quality starter #125 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: interceptions (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#190 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Interceptions#52 / 862 · 89th pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles#697 / 2892 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road5g	4.6	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.0	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 · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #125 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #125 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Carolina	47	41	2.0	3	3	--
2023	South Carolina	39	30	1.0	6	2	--
2022	South Carolina	14	12	0.0	1	2	--
2021	South Carolina	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
2020	South Carolina	3	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		105	86	3.0	10	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–20

vs Texas A&M

4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 INT

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 · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-19vs Old Dominion	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 31-6@ Kentucky	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 33-36vs LSU	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 50-7vs Akron	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 3-27vs Ole Miss	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 25-27@ Alabama	9	8	1.0	1	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 10	W 44-20vs Texas A&M	4	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 28-7@ Vanderbilt	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 34-30vs Missouri	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-12vs Wofford	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 17-14@ Clemson	5	5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-21@ Illinois	4	3	0.0	—	0
Total		47	41	2.0	3	3

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

O'Donnell Fortune

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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