Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2019South Carolina
D.J. Wonnum
LB • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Stone Mountain, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
D.J. Wonnum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
97
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
88
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
D.J. Wonnum built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Stone Mountain, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of D.J. Wonnum's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 117
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
D.J. Wonnum, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Carolina. D.J. Wonnum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 136
- TFL
- 29
- Sacks
- 14
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
D.J. Wonnum quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 136
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- NC State
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 4 · Pick 11 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · LB 414th (top 33%) · SEC 106th (top 17%) · National 1,097th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 29 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 21.6 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 37 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 55.3 |
Related Context
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D.J. Wonnum played LB for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Wonnum recorded 136 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
South Carolina paired 26 primary output with 38.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
29.5
Usage
10.8
Consistency
32.5
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 3. Charleston Southern: 1. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 1. Kentucky: 7. Georgia: 1. Florida: 2. Tennessee: 2. Vanderbilt: 1. App State: 0. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 7 by 59.2. Charleston Southern: 0 by 10. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Kentucky: 5 by 70.8. Georgia: 6 by 35. Florida: 3 by 32.5. Tennessee: 2 by 28.3. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3. App State: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins2.5 · Games = 4 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · -1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/17 | @ Texas A&M | L 6-30 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs App State | L 15-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Vanderbilt | W 24-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ TennesseeSplash game | L 21-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs FloridaSplash game | L 27-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Georgia | W 20-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Kentucky2+ sacks · Splash game | W 24-7 | 5 | 5 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Missouri | L 14-34 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Alabama | L 23-47 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Charleston Southern | W 72-10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | L 20-24 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
D.J. Wonnum story
D.J. Wonnum built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Stone Mountain, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of D.J. Wonnum's career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, and 1 interception across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives D.J. Wonnum's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Carolina
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | South Carolina | 7 | 15.6 | 4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 7 | 15.6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 26 | 38.3 | 11.4 | 19 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 26 | 38.3 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5 | 30.6 | 10.4 | -21 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 18 | 29.5 | 10.8 | 13 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 1 · W 35-28
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Kentucky
Week 5 · W 24-7 · Conference game
7
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Tennessee
Week 7 · W 15-9 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Tennessee
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#5
vs East Carolina
Week 3 · W 20-15
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · South Carolina
26 primary output · 38.3 efficiency · 11.4 usage
73.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · South Carolina
73.5
26 primary · 38.3 efficiency · 11.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
55.3
18 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 10.8 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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