Ty Goodwill

Junior safety for Cincinnati. 2025: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 35 tackles.

S · Cincinnati · Jr. · #7

6′3″ · 195 lb · Prichard, AL · Faith Academy

CFB Index 53 · #247 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred South Alabama → Cincinnati for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETvs Miami (OH)TQL StadiumCincinnati by 14.5

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

7 PBU · 35 tackles · 4.5 TFL

Best game: 4 PBU, 11 tackles, vs Morgan State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 safety for Cincinnati. 2025: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2024.
Transferred from South Alabama to Cincinnati in 2026.

His career, year by year

Ty Goodwill

S · Cincinnati · Jr · #7

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. South Alabama to Cincinnati — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 2 TFL against Morgan State — Week 1, 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 Major Applewhite — 11-14 over that span.

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #247 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

Tackles#1098 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.8	0.0	1.2
Road5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #247 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #247 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	35	19	4.5	7	1	--
2024	South Alabama	9	6	1.5	--	1	--
Career		44	25	6.0	7	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21vs Morgan State	11	6	2.0	—	4	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina	2	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 38-31@ Georgia State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 22-31vs Louisiana	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 26-14@ UL Monroe	3	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	5	3	1.5	—	1
Wk 14	L 26-49@ Texas State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Total		35	19	4.5	1	7

The secondary · Cincinnati

#30D'Angelo HutchinsonS · Sr.84 tackles · 2025
#18Jasper BeelerS · Sr.74 tackles · 2025
#2Mark Cannon Jr.S · Sr.57 tackles · 2025
Jacob FinleyCB · Sr.57 tackles · 2025
#7Ty GoodwillS · Jr.35 tackles · 2025

12 more on the roster · Cincinnati team page

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

Ty Goodwill

20247 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

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