Justin Okoronkwo
South Carolina Gamecocks
81
Good

Justin Okoronkwo

South Carolina GamecocksContender
WLBDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Justin Okoronkwo is the projected starter at WLB for South Carolina Gamecocks.

Junior · #17 · 6'3", 230 lbs

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Depth at WLB · South Carolina Gamecocks

  1. 11781Justin OkoronkwoStarter
  2. 23462Jamian Risher Jr.

South Carolina Starting Lineup

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Up next for South Carolina

South Carolina plays Texas A&M at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:00 PM ET.

The Story

The Tackling Machine

A 3-star recruit out of Germany, ranked #508 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 63 tackles, 4 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 83th-percentile production nationally — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #508 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile83th
[hometown — wires from CFBD /roster]
Jersey
#17
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
230 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20256340

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8878
National Rank
#508
High School
Germany

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 83th-percentile production (×0.96 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 83% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.96)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WOUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-25

Oct 24WTENNTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Oct 10WFLATKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 38-19

Oct 3LUKTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-34 OT

Sep 26LALATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-18

Sep 19LMSSTTKL 14
TKL
14
SOLO
10
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-34

Sep 12WTOWTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-9

Sep 5WKENTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 57-0

Justin Okoronkwo's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

The People's Ratings

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Team Role

Tackling Machine
63 tkl · 4 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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