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Linebacker, South Carolina, 2018–⁠21

Kingsley Enagbare

Number: No. 52
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 270 lb
Class (2021): Junior
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Born: Jan 18, 2000

Kingsley Enagbare played linebacker at South Carolina (2018–⁠21). The Green Bay Packers took Enagbare in round 5, No. 179 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 44; Tackles, 2021 (South Carolina, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 179; Round 5, 2022 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

9tackles, career highvs. Tennessee, 2020 2sacks, career hightwice; last at East Carolina, 2021

Honors

2020First-team All-SEC

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠64–⁠82–⁠87–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2018	South Carolina	20	12	3	1	2	3
2019	South Carolina	27	16	7	3.5	0	3
2020	South Carolina	30	16	7	6	0	2
2021	South Carolina	44	29	7	4.5	2	11
Career		121	73	24	15	4	19

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	South Carolina	52	LB	Yr 1
2019	South Carolina	52	LB	Yr 2
2020	South Carolina	52	LB	Yr 3
2021	South Carolina	52	LB	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′4″	270

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 South Carolina 12 games, 44 tackles, 4.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 4	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 46–⁠0	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 11	atEast Carolina	W 20–⁠17	2	2	2	2	0
Sep 18	atGeorgia	L 13–⁠40	5	2	0.5	0.5	0
Sep 25	vs.Kentucky	L 10–⁠16	6	3	0.5	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Troy	W 23–⁠14	4	3	0	0	2
Oct 9	atTennessee	L 20–⁠45	5	4	1	1	0
Oct 16	vs.Vanderbilt	W 21–⁠20	7	4	1	1	0
Oct 23	atTexas A&M	L 14–⁠44	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 6	vs.Florida	W 40–⁠17	2	1	1	0	0
Nov 13	atMissouri	L 28–⁠31	3	3	1	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Auburn	W 21–⁠17	3	2	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Clemson	L 0–⁠30	2	2	0	0	0

2020 South Carolina 8 games, 30 tackles, 6 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 26	vs.Tennessee	L 27–⁠31	9	5	2.5	2
Oct 3	atFlorida	L 24–⁠38	3	2	0	0
Oct 10	atVanderbilt	W 41–⁠7	1	1	1	1
Oct 17	vs.Auburn	W 30–⁠22	2	2	1	1
Oct 24	atLSU	L 24–⁠52	4	0	0	0
Nov 7	vs.Texas A&M	L 3–⁠48	2	1	0.5	0
Nov 14	atOle Miss	L 42–⁠59	6	3	1	1
Nov 21	vs.Missouri	L 10–⁠17	3	2	1	1

2019 South Carolina 10 games, 27 tackles, 3.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 31	vs.North Carolina	L 20–⁠24	1	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Charleston Southern	W 72–⁠10	1	1	1	0
Sep 14	vs.Alabama	L 23–⁠47	1	1	0	0
Sep 21	atMissouri	L 14–⁠34	6	6	2	0
Sep 28	vs.Kentucky	W 24–⁠7	3	2	0	0
Oct 12	atGeorgia	W 20–⁠17	3	2	1	1
Oct 19	vs.Florida	L 27–⁠38	1	1	0	0
Nov 9	vs.App State	L 15–⁠20	1	0	0	0
Nov 16	atTexas A&M	L 6–⁠30	4	1	1.5	1.5
Nov 30	vs.Clemson	L 3–⁠38	6	2	1.5	1

2018 South Carolina 9 games, 20 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.Coastal Carolina	W 49–⁠15	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠41	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 29	atKentucky	L 10–⁠24	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	vs.Texas A&M	L 23–⁠26	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Tennessee	W 27–⁠24	3	3	1	0	0
Nov 10	atFlorida	L 31–⁠35	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Chattanooga	W 49–⁠9	2	2	0	0	2
Dec 1	vs.Akron	W 28–⁠3	6	4	2	1	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Virginia	L 0–⁠28	3	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (American team, lost 10–⁠20).

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′3¾″
Weight	258 lb
Arm length	34¾″
Hand size	10⅝″
Wingspan		83″^W
40-yard dash	4.87 s
10-yard split		1.72 s
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	9′9″
3-cone drill		7.51 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.54 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 65 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2022	Green Bay Packers	14	29	3
2023	Green Bay Packers	16	31	2
2024	Green Bay Packers	15	37	4.5
2025	Green Bay Packers	16	39	2
2026 (so far)	New York Jets	4	10	2
NFL career		65	146	13.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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