Player Dossier

2009-2012

South Carolina

Justice Cunningham

TE • 6'4" • Pageland, SC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Justice Cunningham reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 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: Tennessee

Player Story

Justice Cunningham built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a tight end from Pageland, SC wearing No. 87, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Justice Cunningham's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8489

Central · Pageland, SC

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2013
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 48
Overall
No. 254
NFL Team
Indianapolis Colts

Justice Cunningham, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · South Carolina. Justice Cunningham reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
581
Receptions
50
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Justice Cunningham quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · TE
Career Receiving Yards
581
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game
Tennessee
Recruit profile
3-star · Central · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Central · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2013 · Round 7 · Pick 48 · Indianapolis Colts
Latest roster
No. 87 · Class 2012
2012 Receiving yards rank
324 receiving yards · TE 40th (top 14%) · SEC 42nd (top 21%) · National 386th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina4223035.9
2010 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina5792049.2
2011 PostseasonSouth Carolina1113037.1
2011 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1117139137.1
2012 PostseasonSouth Carolina9137070.7
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina922287070.7

Related Context

Justice Cunningham played TE for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justice Cunningham recorded 581 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

South Carolina paired 324 primary output with 79.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 79.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2012 Postseason · South Carolina

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

36

Efficiency

79.1

Usage

14

Consistency

57

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 37. Vanderbilt: 20. Missouri: 41. Kentucky: 10. LSU: 36. Florida: 13. Tennessee: 108. Arkansas: 33. Clemson: 26

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 1 by 100. Vanderbilt: 1 by 100. Missouri: 4 by 68.3. Kentucky: 2 by 33.3. LSU: 3 by 80. Florida: 2 by 43.3. Tennessee: 6 by 100. Arkansas: 2 by 100. Clemson: 2 by 86.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins39.3 · Games = 7 · +14.8 vs Losses
Losses24.5 · Games = 2 · -14.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

100 vs Michigan

Result
Tue 1/1@ MichiganW 33-281373737037
Sun 11/25@ ClemsonW 27-172261313019
Sat 11/10vs ArkansasW 38-2023316.516.50026
Sat 10/27vs Tennessee100 receiving yardsW 38-3561081818045
Sat 10/20@ FloridaL 11-442136.56.50016
Sun 10/14@ LSUL 21-233361212029
Sat 9/29@ KentuckyW 38-172105506
Sat 9/22vs MissouriW 31-1044110.310.30015
Thu 8/30@ VanderbiltW 17-131202020020

Player Story

Justice Cunningham story

Justice Cunningham built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a tight end from Pageland, SC wearing No. 87, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Justice Cunningham's career was his receiving role: 50 catches, 581 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justice Cunningham's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Carolina

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011201120122012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina2376.75.2
2010 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina92769.469
2011 PostseasonSouth Carolina14246.410.150
2011 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina14246.410.10
2012 PostseasonSouth Carolina32479.114182
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina32479.1140

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tennessee

Week 9 · W 38-35 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

108

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

108 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Clemson

Week 13 · W 29-7

33

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Arkansas

Week 10 · L 20-41 · Conference game

31

Receiving Yards

77 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Kentucky

Week 6 · W 54-3 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

72.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 61.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Tennessee

Week 9 · L 13-31 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

68.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

14 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · South Carolina

324 primary output · 79.1 efficiency · 14 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · South Carolina

70.7

324 primary · 79.1 efficiency · 14 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · South Carolina

49.2

92 primary · 76 efficiency · 9.4 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games