Tomiwa Durojaiye
South Carolina Gamecocks
86
Great

Tomiwa Durojaiye

South Carolina GamecocksContender
RDTDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Illinois
Projected Starter

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Tomiwa Durojaiye is the projected starter at RDT for South Carolina Gamecocks.

Redshirt senior · #13 · 6'4", 291 lbs

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Depth at RDT · South Carolina Gamecocks

  1. 11386Tomiwa DurojaiyeStarter
  2. 26562Noah Clark
  3. 31162Jordan Thomas

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

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Middletown, ranked #987 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 16 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 86 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #987 NatlTeam Share4%
Philadelphia, PA
Jersey
#13
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
291 lbs
Transfer
Illinois

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—164.52

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
0.8607
National Rank
#987
High School
Middletown
Hometown
Middletown, DE

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 79th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 86.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 79% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 14% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 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 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-25

Oct 24WTENNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Oct 10WFLATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-19

Oct 3LUKTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-34 OT

Sep 26LALATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-18

Sep 19LMSSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-34

Sep 12WTOWTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-9

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

Final W 57-0

Tomiwa Durojaiye's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

16 tkl · 4.5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement57%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.