Tonka Hemingway

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#97

Experience: 2 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 24

Weight: 284 lbs

College: South Carolina

2025 SEASON

Solo
8
SCK
4
FF
0
INT
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Year

Season

Defense

Days

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
Mondays	1	0	0	0	0	0
Other Days (not Mon or Sun)	1	1	1	0	0	0
Sundays	7	8	7	1	4	1

Months

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
December	4	6	5	1	2	1
January	1	2	2	0	2	0
November	2	1	1	0	0	0
October	1	0	0	0	0	0
September	1	0	0	0	0	0

Opponents by Group

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
vs AFC Teams	6	6	6	0	3	0
vs NFC Teams	3	3	2	1	1	1
Outside Own Division	6	5	4	1	1	1
vs Own Division	3	4	4	0	3	0

Opponents by Team

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
Chicago Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Browns	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dallas Cowboys	1	0	0	0	0	0
Denver Broncos	2	2	2	0	1	0
Tennessee Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston Texans	1	2	2	0	0	0
Indianapolis Colts	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jacksonville Jaguars	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas City Chiefs	1	2	2	0	2	0
New England Patriots	1	0	0	0	0	0
New York Giants	1	2	2	0	1	1
Philadelphia Eagles	1	1	0	1	0	0
Los Angeles Chargers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington Commanders	0	0	0	0	0	0

Outcomes

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Losses	7	7	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wins	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Stadiums

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
Gillette Stadium	1	0	0	0	0	0
Allegiant Stadium	4	5	5	0	4	1
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northwest Stadium	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincoln Financial Field	1	1	0	1	0	0
Lucas Oil Stadium	1	0	0	0	0	0
SoFi Stadium	0	0	0	0	0	0
NRG Stadium	1	2	2	0	0	0
Empower Field at Mile High	1	1	1	0	0	0

Fumbles

Days

	G	OPP FR
Mondays	1	1
Other Days (not Mon or Sun)	1	0
Sundays	7	0

Months

	G	OPP FR
December	4	0
January	1	0
November	2	1
October	1	0
September	1	0

Opponents by Group

	G	OPP FR
vs AFC Teams	6	0
vs NFC Teams	3	1
Outside Own Division	6	1
vs Own Division	3	0

Opponents by Team

	G	OPP FR
Chicago Bears	0	0
Cleveland Browns	0	0
Dallas Cowboys	1	1
Denver Broncos	2	0
Tennessee Titans	0	0
Houston Texans	1	0
Indianapolis Colts	1	0
Jacksonville Jaguars	0	0
Kansas City Chiefs	1	0
New England Patriots	1	0
New York Giants	1	0
Philadelphia Eagles	1	0
Los Angeles Chargers	0	0
Washington Commanders	0	0

Outcomes

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Losses	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Stadiums

	G	OPP FR
Gillette Stadium	1	0
Allegiant Stadium	4	1
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	0	0
Northwest Stadium	0	0
Lincoln Financial Field	1	0
Lucas Oil Stadium	1	0
SoFi Stadium	0	0
NRG Stadium	1	0
Empower Field at Mile High	1	0

Biography

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.

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.

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