Player Dossier

2005-2009

Michigan

Kevin Grady

RB • 5'9" • USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Kevin Grady leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2005 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Kevin Grady built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a running back wearing No. 24, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Kevin Grady's career was his backfield work: 783 rushing yards, 200...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.9914

East Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2005

Kevin Grady, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2005 Postseason · Michigan. Kevin Grady leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
933
Rushing yards
783
Receiving yards
150
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Kevin Grady quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
933
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2005 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
5-star · East Grand Rapids · Michigan
High school pipeline
East Grand Rapids · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 24 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
109 scrimmage yards · RB 308th (top 69%) · Big Ten 116th (top 62%) · National 1,146th (top 55%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2005 PostseasonMichigan1117170066.9
2005 Regular SeasonMichigan11579466113566.9
2006 Regular SeasonMichigan81951878339.4
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan00000-
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan433330123.9
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan51098029127

Related Context

Kevin Grady played RB for Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kevin Grady recorded 783 rushing yards, 150 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2005 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2005 Postseason

Michigan paired 596 primary output with 41.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 32.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2006 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

24.4

Efficiency

32.7

Usage

12.2

Consistency

57

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 30. Central Michigan: 46. Notre Dame: 9. Wisconsin: 13. Minnesota: 14. Michigan State: 51. Penn State: 1. Northwestern: 31

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 5 by 62.5. Central Michigan: 12 by 39.9. Notre Dame: 6 by 15.6. Wisconsin: 4 by 33.9. Minnesota: 8 by 18.2. Michigan State: 12 by 44.3. Penn State: 1 by 10.4. Northwestern: 8 by 36.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half24.5 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half24.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 10/28vs NorthwesternW 17-37233.300183.9
Sun 10/15@ Penn StateW 17-1011101
Sat 10/7vs Michigan StateW 31-1312514.3004.3
Sun 10/1@ MinnesotaW 28-148141.8011.8
Sat 9/23vs WisconsinW 27-134133.3003.3
Sat 9/16@ Notre DameW 47-21691.5001.5
Sat 9/9vs Central MichiganW 41-1712463.8013.8
Sat 9/2vs VanderbiltW 27-7530616

Player Story

Kevin Grady story

Kevin Grady built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a running back wearing No. 24, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Kevin Grady's career was his backfield work: 783 rushing yards, 200 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 150 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 150 receiving yards and 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kevin Grady's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Michigan

    2005-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200520052006200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 PostseasonMichigan59641.420.3
2005 Regular SeasonMichigan59641.420.30
2006 Regular SeasonMichigan19532.712.2-401
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan0-195
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan3324.57.233
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan10952.44.776

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana

Week 11 · W 41-14 · Conference game

Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

79.9 takeover

114 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

#2

vs Delaware State

Week 7 · W 63-6

73

Scrimmage Yards

73.7 takeover

Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 11.6 usage.

#3

vs Notre Dame

Week 2 · L 10-17

79

Scrimmage Yards

71.7 takeover

Loss with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

79 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 6 · W 31-13 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

70.1 takeover

Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

51 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.

#5

@ Wisconsin

Week 4 · L 20-23 · Conference game

80

Scrimmage Yards

68.4 takeover

Loss with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

80 scrimmage yards and 32.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2005 Postseason · Michigan

596 primary output · 41.4 efficiency · 20.3 usage

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#2

2005 Regular Season · Michigan

66.9

596 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 20.3 usage

#3

2006 Regular Season · Michigan

39.4

195 primary · 32.7 efficiency · 12.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games