Player Dossier

2024-2025

South Carolina

Justin Okoronkwo

LB • 6'3" • 231 lbs • Munich, Germany

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Justin Okoronkwo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Alabama • South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Justin Okoronkwo built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Munich wearing No. 17, spending time with Alabama and South Carolina. The clearest part of Justin Okoronkwo's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8878

Germany · Germany, GERM

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Justin Okoronkwo, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina. Justin Okoronkwo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
77
TFL
4.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Justin Okoronkwo quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · LB
Career Tackles
77
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Germany · Alabama
High school pipeline
Germany · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
63 tackles · LB 205th (top 17%) · SEC 46th (top 7%) · National 367th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonAlabama81-0--08.1
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama8130.50--08.1
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina12634021051.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Alabama to South CarolinaP4 to P481.2Jan 10, 2025

Justin Okoronkwo played LB for Alabama and South Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, Justin Okoronkwo recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 8 primary output with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, South Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

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

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2025 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

28.5

Usage

7.5

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 1. South Carolina State: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 0. LSU: 0. Oklahoma: 1. Alabama: 0. Ole Miss: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Coastal Carolina: 2. Clemson: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 4 by 26.7. South Carolina State: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 6 by 25. Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. LSU: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 6 by 35. Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Ole Miss: 5 by 40.8. Texas A&M: 9 by 37.5. Coastal Carolina: 9 by 57.5. Clemson: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Sat 11/29vs ClemsonL 14-2832000
Sat 11/22vs Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 51-798100
Sat 11/15@ Texas A&ML 30-3194000
Sat 11/1@ Ole MissSplash gameL 14-3054200
Sat 10/25vs AlabamaL 22-2955000
Sat 10/18vs OklahomaL 7-2664000
Sat 10/11@ LSUL 10-2051000
Sat 9/27vs KentuckyW 35-1342000
Sat 9/20@ MissouriL 20-2963000
Sat 9/13vs VanderbiltSplash gameL 7-31420011
Sat 9/6vs South Carolina StateW 38-1032000
Sun 8/31vs Virginia TechW 24-1142100

Player Story

Justin Okoronkwo story

Justin Okoronkwo built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Munich wearing No. 17, spending time with Alabama and South Carolina. The clearest part of Justin Okoronkwo's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with South Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Justin Okoronkwo's production has multiple signals. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama and South Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Justin Okoronkwo moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Alabama

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Carolina

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonAlabama0.57.91.7
2024 Regular SeasonAlabama0.57.91.70
2025 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina828.57.57.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina

Week 13 · W 51-7

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 7 Ole Miss

Week 10 · L 14-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 11 Vanderbilt

Week 3 · L 7-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

2

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 14 Oklahoma

Week 8 · L 7-26 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 105 Virginia Tech

Week 1 · W 24-11

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Havoc Plays

57 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · South Carolina

8 primary output · 28.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

51.3

#2

2024 Postseason · Alabama

8.1

0.5 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 1.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Alabama

8.1

0.5 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 1.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games