Tag: Tonka Hemingway

South Carolina DT Tonka Hemingway scores #THICCSIX touchdown against Jacksonville State

South Carolina IDL Tonka Hemingway lived up to his name with a #THICCSIX touchdown run against Jacksonville State.

South Carolina interior defensive lineman Terrell H. “Tonka” Hemingway has been an excellent disruptor for the Gamecocks this season, with two sacks and 14 total pressures on 186 pass-rushing snaps. But against Jacksonville State on Saturday, the big truck was brought in to add a bit of bulk to the heavy run package, and a two-yard #THICCSIX touchdown.

The 6-foot-3, 285-pound Hemingway is actually a triple threat, as we can see on this 16-yard fake field goal catch against Vanderbilt last season.

Gamecocks DL doesn’t think UGA is one of SEC’s toughest environments

South Carolina defensive lineman Tonka Hemingway does not rank Georgia as one of the toughest road venues in the SEC

South Carolina Gamecocks defensive lineman Tonka Hemingway did not rank Georgia football’s Sanford Stadium as one of the toughest and most hostile places to play in the SEC.

Instead, Hemingway considers Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium and Texas A&M’s Kyle Field to be the two most hostile environments he has played at. Hemingway, who previously played at Georgia in 2021, noted this at the 2023 SEC media days event.

Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart took Hemingway’s slight as an opportunity to motivate  Georgia Bulldog fans via the media ahead of Georgia’s SEC opener.

People want to question whether our fans are elite. Sounds like Tonka called them out. So maybe use Tonka for motivation and let him be the one that spurns our group to come out there at 3:30 and be really loud and fired up. So I certainly hope our fan base will be there. They’ve answered the bell every single time. I don’t know why they wouldn’t now.

Georgia fans were pretty loud for the Tennessee game in 2022. Bulldog fans look to prove Hemingway and South Carolina wrong at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 16.

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Georgia is 2-0 and has won 20 straight home games.

South Carolina DL Tonka Hemingway scored a 2-point conversion from this super-weird formation

BIG BOY POINTS.

Someone call Mike Golic Jr. We got points scored by a big boy.

South Carolina didn’t give its opponent any warning. After scoring the opening touchdown against in-state FCS opponent South Carolina State on Thursday night, the Gamecocks got cocky and sent a Tonka truck plowing ahead for the two-point conversion.

No, really. South Carolina took Tonka Hemingway — a 6-foot-3, 295-pound. defensive tackle — lined him up in a wildly absurd formation, snapped the ball directly to him, and let him truck ahead for two points.

What’s disappointing is that this formation worked to near perfection. Which is to say, we didn’t get to see Hemingway run anyone over. He took the snap, cut to his left, dashed to right, and rumbled into the end-zone untouched.

The play was both remarkable and weird.

See for yourself:

The formation was, indeed, an incredibly odd one. South Carolina lined up two receivers way out to the right, then had Hemingway about five yards behind the snapper and two blockers, then had the other five players bunched up on the left. It caught the S.C. State Bulldogs by surprise.

If the Gamecocks haven’t named the play yet, the Sickos Committee has a suggestion: THICC TWO.

Hemingway has shown that he’s more than just a defensive tackle, but he’s pretty good in the trenches too. He had two tackles and a half-a-sack in the first half Thursday night.

This also wasn’t the only crazy play to happen in the first quarter of this game. On South Carolina’s first possession, Spencer Rattler threw a ball that his diving receiver couldn’t quite hang on to. One S.C. State player juggled the ball to keep it alive, and Duane Nichols secured the interception.

For a Thursday night game between teams from the SEC and MEAC, it’s been eventful. South Carolina led 22-0 at halftime.

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