Player Dossier

2017-2020

UCF

Richie Grant

DB • 6'0" • 194 lbs • Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Richie Grant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

43%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Player Story

Richie Grant built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Fort Walton Beach, FL wearing No. 27, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Richie Grant's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7859

Choctawhatchee · Fort Walton Beach, FL

Committed To
UCF
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 8
Overall
No. 40
NFL Team
Atlanta Falcons

Richie Grant, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UCF. Richie Grant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
284
TFL
10.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
17
Touchdowns
2
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2020 · UCF · Player Highlight

Richie Grant college highlights at UCF.

Season
2020
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Richie Grant quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · DB
Career Tackles
284
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · UCF
Top game
Cincinnati
Recruit profile
2-star · Choctawhatchee · UCF
High school pipeline
Choctawhatchee · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 2 · Pick 8 · Atlanta Falcons
Latest roster
No. 27 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
72 tackles · DB 13th (top 2%) · American Athletic 7th (top 2%) · National 101st (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonUCF125-0--015.9
2017 Regular SeasonUCF122710-2015.9
2018 PostseasonUCF137-0--064.3
2018 Regular SeasonUCF1310130-3064.3
2019 PostseasonUCF1110-0--256
2019 Regular SeasonUCF116230-7056
2020 Regular SeasonUCF9723.5115066.6

Related Context

Richie Grant played DB for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Richie Grant recorded 284 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

UCF paired 13.5 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 42.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · UCF

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

42.6

Usage

7.7

Consistency

61.8

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. UConn: 1. South Carolina State: 2. Florida Atlantic: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. SMU: 0.5. Memphis: 0. East Carolina: 1. Temple: 2. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. South Florida: 1. Memphis: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 7 by 29.2. UConn: 6 by 35. South Carolina State: 7 by 49.2. Florida Atlantic: 12 by 60. Pittsburgh: 8 by 43.3. SMU: 8 by 38.3. Memphis: 12 by 50. East Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Temple: 7 by 49.2. Navy: 16 by 50. Cincinnati: 12 by 55. South Florida: 5 by 30.8. Memphis: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 12 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

60 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Tue 1/1vs LSUL 32-4075000
Sat 12/1vs MemphisSplash gameW 56-41431010
Fri 11/23@ South FloridaW 38-10550010
Sun 11/18vs Cincinnati10+ tacklesW 38-131270.5000
Sat 11/10vs Navy10+ tacklesW 35-24166000
Thu 11/1vs TempleSplash gameW 52-40730011
Sat 10/20@ East CarolinaW 37-1043100
Sat 10/13@ Memphis10+ tacklesW 31-301212000
Sat 10/6vs SMUW 48-20830.5000
Sat 9/29vs PittsburghW 45-14840010
Fri 9/21vs Florida Atlantic10+ tacklesW 56-36128001
Sat 9/8vs South Carolina StateSplash gameW 38-0750011
Thu 8/30@ UConnW 56-17640010

Player Story

Richie Grant story

Richie Grant built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Fort Walton Beach, FL wearing No. 27, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Richie Grant's career was his defensive production: 284 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 10 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 88 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Richie Grant's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UCF

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonUCF313.62.3
2017 Regular SeasonUCF313.62.30
2018 PostseasonUCF1242.67.79
2018 Regular SeasonUCF1242.67.70
2019 PostseasonUCF1137.35.9-1
2019 Regular SeasonUCF1137.35.90
2020 Regular SeasonUCF13.546.592.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Cincinnati

Week 12 · L 33-36 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

95 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.

#2

@ Houston

Week 9 · W 44-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

81.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Tulane

Week 8 · W 51-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Stanford

Week 3 · W 45-27

3

Havoc Plays

73 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.

#5

vs Memphis

Week 14 · W 56-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · UCF

13.5 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 9 usage

66.6

#2

2018 Postseason · UCF

64.3

12 primary · 42.6 efficiency · 7.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UCF

64.3

12 primary · 42.6 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

10

Splash games

8

10+ tackle games