Player Dossier

2017-2021

SMU

Grant Calcaterra

TE • 6'4" • 242 lbs • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Grant Calcaterra reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Oklahoma • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Grant Calcaterra built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a tight end from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with Oklahoma and SMU. The clearest part of Grant Calcaterra's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9131

Santa Margarita Catholic · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Committed To
Oklahoma
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 20
Overall
No. 198
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Grant Calcaterra, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Oklahoma. Grant Calcaterra reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,102
Receptions
79
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Grant Calcaterra quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,102
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Oklahoma
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · Santa Margarita Catholic · Oklahoma
High school pipeline
Santa Margarita Catholic · 44 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 6 · Pick 20 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 88 · Senior
2021 Receiving yards rank
465 receiving yards · TE 24th (top 6%) · American Athletic 21st (top 13%) · National 260th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma510162356.5
2018 PostseasonOklahoma12118068.9
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma1225378668.9
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma3579048.5
2021 Regular SeasonSMU1138465465.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Oklahoma to SMUP4 to P478.9Aug 18, 2020

Grant Calcaterra played TE for Oklahoma and SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Grant Calcaterra recorded 1,102 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Oklahoma paired 396 primary output with 81.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 74.1 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · SMU

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

42.3

Efficiency

74.1

Usage

12.4

Consistency

47.4

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 51. North Texas: 39. Louisiana Tech: 103. TCU: 9. South Florida: 3. Navy: 29. Tulane: 90. Houston: 27. Memphis: 30. UCF: 70. Cincinnati: 14

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Abilene Christian: 3 by 100. North Texas: 2 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 98.1. TCU: 1 by 60. South Florida: 2 by 10. Navy: 4 by 48.3. Tulane: 7 by 85.7. Houston: 3 by 60. Memphis: 3 by 66.7. UCF: 5 by 93.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 93.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins49.3 · Games = 8 · +25.6 vs Losses
Losses23.7 · Games = 3 · -25.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 11/20@ CincinnatiL 14-481141414014
Sat 11/13vs UCFW 55-285701414126
Sat 11/6@ MemphisL 25-283301010014
Sat 10/30@ HoustonL 37-4432799014
Thu 10/21vs TulaneW 55-2679012.912.90021
Sat 10/9@ NavyW 31-244297.37.30010
Sat 10/2vs South FloridaW 41-17231.51.5003
Sat 9/25@ TCUW 42-34199909
Sat 9/18@ Louisiana Tech100 receiving yardsW 39-37710314.714.70024
Sat 9/11vs North TexasW 35-1223919.519.50129
Sat 9/4vs Abilene Christian2+ TDW 56-93511717222

Player Story

Grant Calcaterra story

Grant Calcaterra built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a tight end from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with Oklahoma and SMU. The clearest part of Grant Calcaterra's career was his receiving role: 79 catches, 1,102 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Grant Calcaterra'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.

  1. 1

    Oklahoma

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201820192021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma16296.79.1
2018 PostseasonOklahoma39681.711.4234
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma39681.711.40
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma7988.99.2-317
2021 Regular SeasonSMU46574.112.4386

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 3 · W 39-37

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

87.6 takeover

103 receiving yards with a 98.1 efficiency score.

#2

@ Kansas

Week 12 · W 41-3 · Conference game

67

Receiving Yards

86 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Tulane

Week 8 · W 55-26 · Conference game

90

Receiving Yards

82.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 85.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Army

Week 4 · W 28-21

47

Receiving Yards

81.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ UCLA

Week 3 · W 48-14

40

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Oklahoma

396 primary output · 81.7 efficiency · 11.4 usage

68.9

#2

2018 Regular Season · Oklahoma

68.9

396 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · SMU

65.8

465 primary · 74.1 efficiency · 12.4 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games