Senior nose tackle for Coastal Carolina. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.
6′4″ · 307 lb · Longview, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Sacks: 80th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
3 TFL · 23 tackles
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, at App State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 nose tackle for Coastal Carolina. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.
Sawyer Goram-Welch
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Four head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Virginia — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Tim Beck, and Jeremiah Johnson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #166 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 23 | 14 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 27 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Texas | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 24 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-37@ App State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-59vs James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 14 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
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
23 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
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
Coastal Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Nose tackle · Coastal Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #118
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malik Langham’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Sulaiman Kpaka's junior season at Purdue (2023).
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Player DNA