Player Dossier

2015-2019

UTSA

Cassius Grady

CB • 5'9" • 185 lbs • Arlington, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cassius Grady shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

77

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northern Illinois • UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Cassius Grady built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a cornerback from Arlington, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Northern Illinois and UTSA. The clearest part of Cassius Grady's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7583

Arlington · Arlington, TX

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Cassius Grady, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UTSA. Cassius Grady shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
81
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Cassius Grady quick answers

Latest team and position
UTSA · CB
Career Tackles
81
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · UTSA
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
2-star · Arlington · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Arlington · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 28 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
36 tackles · CB 89th (top 25%) · Conference USA 121st (top 20%) · National 1,130th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonUTSA00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUTSA00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonUTSA12453.50-5053.1
2019 Regular SeasonUTSA113641-7054.9

Related Context

Cassius Grady played CB for Northern Illinois and UTSA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cassius Grady recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

UTSA paired 14 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, UTSA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · UTSA

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

26.4

Usage

5.3

Consistency

49.5

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Incarnate Word: 3. Baylor: 1. Army: 0. North Texas: 0. UTEP: 2. UAB: 0. Rice: 1. Texas A&M: 2. Old Dominion: 2. Southern Miss: 1. Florida Atlantic: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Incarnate Word: 4 by 46.7. Baylor: 1 by 14.2. Army: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 0 by 20. UAB: 3 by 12.5. Rice: 5 by 30.8. Texas A&M: 9 by 57.5. Old Dominion: 4 by 36.7. Southern Miss: 1 by 14.2. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins2 · Games = 4 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sat 11/23vs Florida AtlanticSplash gameL 26-4044002
Sat 11/16vs Southern MissL 17-36110010
Sat 11/9@ Old DominionSplash gameW 24-23441010
Sat 11/2@ Texas A&MSplash gameL 14-4597110
Sat 10/19vs RiceW 31-2755001
Sat 10/12vs UABL 14-3333000
Sun 10/6@ UTEPSplash gameW 26-1600002
Sat 9/21@ North TexasL 3-4533000
Sat 9/14vs ArmyL 13-3122000
Sat 9/7@ BaylorL 14-6311100
Sat 8/31vs Incarnate WordSplash gameW 35-743102

Player Story

Cassius Grady story

Cassius Grady built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a cornerback from Arlington, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Northern Illinois and UTSA. The clearest part of Cassius Grady's career was his defensive production: 81 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with UTSA. 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 Cassius Grady's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois and UTSA.

The arc is straightforward: Cassius Grady 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

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

  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UTSA

    2016-2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2016 Regular SeasonUTSA00
2017 Regular SeasonUTSA00
2018 Regular SeasonUTSA12.526.16.812.5
2019 Regular SeasonUTSA1426.45.31.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 12 · L 0-23 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas A&M

Week 10 · L 14-45

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Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Incarnate Word

Week 1 · W 35-7

3

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 7 · L 3-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#5

@ UAB

Week 10 · L 3-52 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · UTSA

14 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 5.3 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · UTSA

53.1

12.5 primary · 26.1 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games