Tonka Hemingway: DT · South Carolina · #91.
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Tonka Hemingway
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons at South Carolina span two head coaches: Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. On tape: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Texas A&M, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
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On3 Oct 24
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina | 25 | 17 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | South Carolina | 32 | 19 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 7 |
| 2022 | South Carolina | 29 | 17 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | South Carolina | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 16 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 108 | 68 | 16.5 | 9.5 | 11 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-19vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-6@ Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 33-36vs No. 16 LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-27vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-27@ No. 7 Alabama | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-9@ Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-20vs No. 10 Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 28-7@ No. 24 Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-30vs No. 24 Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-12vs Wofford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-14@ No. 12 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-21vs No. 21 Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 17 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Week 10 · 2024
W 44-20
vs Texas A&M
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas A&M.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%4 TFLSack rate
16%4 sacksHurry rate
24%6 hurries25 tackles · 4 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
38.8%
341 pass / 537 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #23 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Carolina, 108 tackles — drafted at #135 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, and Shane Beamer. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 2nd NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 2nd NFL season
