Nick

Emmanwori

If you built a safety in a lab, you’d probably get something close to Nick Emmanwori. The South Carolina enforcer boasts an elite RAS of 10.00, posting absurd testing numbers: a 4.38 forty, 43” vert, and 11’6” broad jump, all at a chiseled 220 pounds. That’s not just athletic — that’s freaky. A three-year starter, Emmanwori made an immediate impact as a Freshman All-American and backed it up with 244 tackles, 6 INTs, and 6 PBUs in 35 career games. His game thrives in chaos: flying downhill from the box, blasting through contact like a heat-seeking missile, and using his vines-for-arms (32.5” length) to suffocate passing lanes. He’s capable of matching tight ends stride-for-stride and folding ball carriers in the alley like laundry. However, it’s not all sunshine and pick-sixes. Emmanwori’s tape flashes brilliance — but also the occasional snooze. He can drift when he’s not first to the action, and his angles from deep alignment remain inconsistent. No agility scores on record leave a slight mystery in man coverage stickiness. Still, you don’t find many 6’3 safeties with linebacker size and receiver movement. With proper coaching and a tap into his urgency dial, Emmanwori has Pro Bowl upside and scheme-versatile utility.

Responding to a series of reader questions, Dugar notes that “Darnold’s contract is effectively a one-year, $37.5 million deal with an option for a second year.” In a scenario where John Schneider’s round-based grade aligns with a quarterback prospect’s availability, then “the team will likely draft the prospect.” He specifically indicates that if Schneider views Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart as a first-round talent, Schneider would draft Dart ahead of standout players like Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan and South Carolina S Nick Emmanwori.

Emmanwori’s first place finishes include a 43.0-inch vertical jump, an 11-foot, six-inch broad jump and a 1.49-second 10-yard split in the 40-yard dash. His 4.38-second overall time in the 40-yard dash ranks second. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound safety regularly lined up in the box, as a free safety and in slot coverage at South Carolina, totaling eight tackles for loss or no gain, 13 forced incompletions and 217 solo tackles in his three-year college career.

South Carolina may believe they have found a diamond in the rough with Emmanwori. At the time of his commitment, Emmanwori’s only other offers were from smaller schools such as Charlotte, Georgia Southern, and Richmond. South Carolina was his only Power Five offer. Emmanwori (6'3/208) snatched the opportunity, though, and will now bring South Carolina’s 2022 class to eight commits.