Player Dossier

2015-2018

Wyoming

Carl Granderson

DE • 6'5" • 261 lbs • Sacramento, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carl Granderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

73%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Wyoming

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wyoming
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Carl Granderson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 91, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Carl Granderson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7933

Grant Union · Sacramento, CA

Committed To
Wyoming
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Carl Granderson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Wyoming. Carl Granderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
130
TFL
29.5
Sacks
16.5
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Carl Granderson quick answers

Latest team and position
Wyoming · DE
Career Tackles
130
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Wyoming
Top game
Boise State
Recruit profile
2-star · Grant Union · Wyoming
High school pipeline
Grant Union · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
40 tackles · DE 56th (top 17%) · Mountain West 85th (top 16%) · National 945th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonWyoming00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonWyoming6196431065.1
2017 PostseasonWyoming12511--077.3
2017 Regular SeasonWyoming1266158.53-077.3
2018 Regular SeasonWyoming11407.5332250.3

Related Context

Carl Granderson played DE for Wyoming. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carl Granderson recorded 130 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Wyoming.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Wyoming paired 30.5 primary output with 48.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 48.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Wyoming

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.5

Efficiency

48.8

Usage

16.6

Consistency

60.4

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 2. Iowa: 4.5. Gardner-Webb: 0. Oregon: 4. Hawai'i: 2.5. Texas State: 1. Utah State: 4. Boise State: 6.5. New Mexico: 3. Colorado State: 0. Fresno State: 0. San José State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 5 by 40.8. Iowa: 10 by 86.7. Gardner-Webb: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 5 by 60.8. Hawai'i: 5 by 45.8. Texas State: 6 by 35. Utah State: 6 by 65. Boise State: 12 by 100. New Mexico: 4 by 46.7. Colorado State: 6 by 25. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 7 by 59.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.8 · Games = 7 · -1.8 vs Losses
Losses3.6 · Games = 5 · +1.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Boise State

Result
Fri 12/22vs Central MichiganSplash gameW 37-1455110
Sat 11/25@ San José StateSplash gameL 17-2074210
Sat 11/18vs Fresno StateL 7-1331000
Sat 11/4vs Colorado StateW 16-1361000
Sat 10/28vs New MexicoSplash gameW 42-3421.500.5010
Sun 10/22@ Boise State10+ tackles · 2+ sacksL 14-241273.5030
Sat 10/14@ Utah StateSplash gameW 28-23631110
Sat 9/30vs Texas StateW 45-1063100
Sun 9/24vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 28-21531.5010
Sat 9/16vs OregonSplash gameL 13-4953310
Sat 9/9vs Gardner-WebbW 27-020000
Sat 9/2@ Iowa10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-241041.5010

Player Story

Carl Granderson story

Carl Granderson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 91, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Carl Granderson's career was his defensive production: 130 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss, 16.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Wyoming. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Carl Granderson's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wyoming.

The arc is straightforward: Carl Granderson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Wyoming

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonWyoming0
2016 Regular SeasonWyoming1436.513.914
2017 PostseasonWyoming30.548.816.616.5
2017 Regular SeasonWyoming30.548.816.60
2018 Regular SeasonWyoming16.530.19.2-14

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Boise State

Week 8 · L 14-24 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico

Week 13 · W 31-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Iowa

Week 1 · L 3-24

4.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#4

vs UC Davis

Week 3 · W 45-22

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 5 · W 38-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Wyoming

30.5 primary output · 48.8 efficiency · 16.6 usage

77.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Wyoming

77.3

30.5 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 16.6 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Wyoming

65.1

14 primary · 36.5 efficiency · 13.9 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

18

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games