With the San Diego Chargers, 2015. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, South Carolina, 2007–⁠11

Melvin Ingram

Lettered 2007, 2009–⁠11 (school media guide)

Number: No. 6
Height: 6′2″
Hometown: Hamlet, NC
Born: Apr 26, 1989

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Melvin Ingram played defensive end at South Carolina (2007–⁠11). He was a consensus All‑American in 2011. The San Diego Chargers took Ingram in the first round, No. 18 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2011; Consensus All-American and First-team All-SEC
Drafted: No. 18; Overall, 2012 NFL Draft (San Diego Chargers)

Honors

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2011	South Carolina	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	Hur
2007^N	12	14	3	17	1	1	–	–	–	–
2009^N	11	10	8	18	3.5	1.5	–	1	–	–
2010	12	17	11	28	11	9	0	1	1	1
2011	13	31	17	48	15	10	2	2	0	6
On file		72	39	111	30.5	21.5	–	–	–	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	South Carolina	6	DE
2010	South Carolina	6	DE
2011	South Carolina	6	DE	6′2″

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

2011 South Carolina 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 3	vs.East Carolina	W 56–⁠37	1
Oct 1	vs.Auburn	L 13–⁠16	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠23).

Drill	Combine 2012
Height	6′1½″
Weight	264 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9⅝″
Wingspan	77½″^W
40-yard dash	4.79 s
10-yard split	1.62 s^W
Vertical jump	34½″
Broad jump	9′1″
Bench press	28 reps
3-cone drill	6.83 s
20-yard shuttle	4.18 s

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

12 seasons, 138 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2017–⁠19)

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2012	San Diego Chargers	15	39	1	0
2013	San Diego Chargers	3	5	1	0
2014	San Diego Chargers	9	23	4	0
2015	San Diego Chargers	15	59	10.5	0
2016	San Diego Chargers	16	59	8	0
2017	Los Angeles Chargers	16	46	10.5	0
2018	Los Angeles Chargers	16	41	7	1
2019	Los Angeles Chargers	13	44	7	1
2020	Los Angeles Chargers	6	9	0	1
2021	Kansas City Chiefs	13	20	2	0
2022	Miami Dolphins	14	19	6	0
2023	Miami Dolphins	2	5	1.5	0
NFL career		138	369	58.5	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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