Player Dossier

2023-2025

South Carolina

Desmond Umeozulu

LB • 6'6" • 255 lbs • Upper Marlboro, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Desmond Umeozulu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.1

Efficiency

12.1

Consistency

7.4

Season Value

9.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Desmond Umeozulu, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · South Carolina. Desmond Umeozulu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.1 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 0 primary output with 5.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.1

Usage

4.1

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 2. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 0. LSU: 0. Oklahoma: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Clemson: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 0 by 0. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Clemson: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=6 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · n=5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=4 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 11/29vs ClemsonL 14-2811000
Sat 11/22vs Coastal CarolinaW 51-731000
Sat 11/15@ Texas A&ML 30-3111000
Sat 11/1@ Ole MissL 14-3032000
Sat 10/18vs OklahomaL 7-2631100
Sat 10/11@ LSUL 10-2021000
Sat 9/27vs KentuckyW 35-1300000
Sat 9/20@ MissouriL 20-2920000
Sat 9/6vs Unknown43110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    South Carolina

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina05.41
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina04.21.10
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina312.14.13

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.8 takeover score.

#2

Oklahoma

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.1 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.1 takeover score.

#4

Ole Miss

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#5

Coastal Carolina

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · South Carolina

0 primary output · 5.4 efficiency · 1 usage

35.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · South Carolina

35.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · South Carolina

9.7

3 primary · 12.1 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9353

Charles Herbert Flowers · Upper Marlboro, MD

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

29

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Desmond Umeozulu quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
29