Tonka Hemingway

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round (135th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft, April 26, 2025.

AT A GLANCE
• Played in 61 games with 28 starts over five seasons (2020-24) at South Carolina, tying the school record for most games played. Amassed 112 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, 11 passes defensed, 19 quarterback hits, two forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and two touchdowns over his collegiate career.
• As a fifth-year senior in 2024, posted 25 tackles, 4.0 sacks, four tackles for loss, one pass defensed, six QB hits, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries (tied for the 4th most in the SEC).
• Awards: 2024 Third Team All-SEC (CFN), 2024 Ray Tanner Award, 2024 Gamecock Toughness Award, 2023 Second Team All-SEC (CFN), 2022 Second Team All-SEC (Phil Steele), 2021 Gamecock Toughness Award.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round (135th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft, April 26, 2025.

AT A GLANCE
• Played in 61 games with 28 starts over five seasons (2020-24) at South Carolina, tying the school record for most games played. Amassed 112 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, 11 passes defensed, 19 quarterback hits, two forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and two touchdowns over his collegiate career.
• As a fifth-year senior in 2024, posted 25 tackles, 4.0 sacks, four tackles for loss, one pass defensed, six QB hits, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries (tied for the 4th most in the SEC).
• Awards: 2024 Third Team All-SEC (CFN), 2024 Ray Tanner Award, 2024 Gamecock Toughness Award, 2023 Second Team All-SEC (CFN), 2022 Second Team All-SEC (Phil Steele), 2021 Gamecock Toughness Award.

COLLEGE: Played in 61 games with 28 starts over five seasons (2020-24) at South Carolina, tying the school record for most games played…Amassed 112 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, 11 passes defensed, 19 quarterback hits, two forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and two touchdowns over his collegiate career…Also scored two touchdowns and converted a two-point conversion…Fifth-Year Senior (2024): Played in all 13 games with 11 starts and posted 25 tackles, 4.0 sacks, four tackles for loss, one pass defensed, six QB hits, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries (tied for the 4th most in the SEC)…Earned SEC co-Defensive Lineman of the Week honors for his efforts at Oklahoma where he logged a pair of stops including a tackle for loss and returned a fumble 36 yards to paydirt…Notched a season-high four tackles against Texas A&M with a sack and a forced fumble late in the fourth quarter that iced the game…Senior (2023): Saw action in all 12 games with five starts and recorded 32 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, seven passes defensed, six quarterback hits and two fumble recoveries – the most in the SEC…Added a rushing touchdown from two yards out…Junior (2022): Played in all 13 games with nine starts and logged 33 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss (second on team), 4.0 sacks (first on team), six QB hits, one pass defensed and two fumble recoveries…Sophomore (2021): Played in all 13 games and finished with six total tackles…Freshman (2020): Saw action in all 10 games and made three starts at defensive end, finishing with 16 tackles, one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery and two passes defensed.

PERSONAL: Attended Conway (S.C.) High School where he played on offense as a tight end, defense as a defensive lineman and special teams as the punter…On defense, recorded 92 tackles including 24.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks…Lettered in football, basketball and baseball…Was a two-time Region VI-5A Player of the Year on the basketball team…Full name is Terrell H. "Tonka" Hemingway…His brother, Junior, played football at Michigan and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012.