Last confirmed: South Carolina, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 260 lb · Stone Mountain, GA · Stephenson
D.J. Wonnum: LB · South Carolina · #8.
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D.J. Wonnum
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at South Carolina. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against North Carolina — Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Carolina | 37 | 24 | 9.5 | 4.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 10 | 6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 57 | 32 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2016 | South Carolina | 32 | 15 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 136 | 77 | 29.0 | 14.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-24@ North Carolina | 7 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 72-10vs Charleston Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-47vs No. 2 Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-34@ Missouri | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-7vs Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 20-17@ No. 3 Georgia | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-38vs No. 9 Florida | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-41@ Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20vs App State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-30@ Texas A&M | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 24 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
26%10 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups37 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Will Muschamp — 26-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Muschamp
Pass share
54.2%
465 pass / 393 run
Plays / game
71.5
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Carolina, 136 tackles — drafted at #117 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
His career
He has a stat line in 40 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Will Muschamp.
Where he ended up · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 7th NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 7th NFL season
