Player Dossier

2018-2022

Tulsa

Grant Sawyer

LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Argyle, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Grant Sawyer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

60

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Tulsa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Player Story

Grant Sawyer built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Argyle, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Grant Sawyer's career was his defensive production: 115...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7691

Liberty Christian · Argyle, TX

Committed To
Tulsa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Grant Sawyer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Tulsa. Grant Sawyer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
115
TFL
18.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Grant Sawyer quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · LB
Career Tackles
115
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Tulsa
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
2-star · Liberty Christian · Tulsa
High school pipeline
Walton · 34 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
45 tackles · LB 316th (top 26%) · American Athletic 57th (top 12%) · National 696th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa611201-032.5
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa57-01-012.9
2020 PostseasonTulsa62-0-1062.8
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa621721-062.8
2021 Regular SeasonTulsa11293111039
2022 Regular SeasonTulsa11456.5111059.2

Related Context

Grant Sawyer played LB for Tulsa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Grant Sawyer recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Tulsa paired 11 primary output with 34.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

25.7

Usage

8.4

Consistency

55.1

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 1. Northern Illinois: 1.5. Jacksonville State: 2. Ole Miss: 1.5. Cincinnati: 0. Temple: 2. SMU: 1. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 0. South Florida: 0. Houston: 0.5

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. Wyoming: 2 by 18.3. Northern Illinois: 8 by 48.3. Jacksonville State: 4 by 36.7. Ole Miss: 3 by 27.5. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 4 by 36.7. SMU: 6 by 35. Tulane: 6 by 25. Memphis: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 4 by 21.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.6 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

Temple

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sun 11/27@ HoustonW 37-30420.5000
Sat 11/19vs South FloridaW 48-4222000
Fri 11/11@ MemphisL 10-2632000
Sat 11/5vs TulaneL 13-2763000
Sat 10/29vs SMUL 34-4563100
Fri 10/21@ TempleSplash gameW 27-1644100
Sat 10/1vs CincinnatiL 21-3130000
Sat 9/24@ Ole MissL 27-35310.5001
Sat 9/17vs Jacksonville StateSplash gameW 54-1742110
Sat 9/10vs Northern IllinoisW 38-35841.5000
Sat 9/3@ WyomingL 37-4021100

Player Story

Grant Sawyer story

Grant Sawyer built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Argyle, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Grant Sawyer's career was his defensive production: 115 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Grant Sawyer's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Tulsa

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa312.64.8
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa17.83.4-2
2020 PostseasonTulsa1134.38.110
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa1134.38.10
2021 Regular SeasonTulsa616.44.4-5
2022 Regular SeasonTulsa9.525.78.43.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma State

Week 3 · L 7-16

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Temple

Week 8 · W 27-16 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Jacksonville State

Week 3 · W 54-17

2

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Navy

Week 14 · W 19-6 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Northern Illinois

Week 2 · W 38-35

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Tulsa

11 primary output · 34.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage

62.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Tulsa

62.8

11 primary · 34.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Tulsa

59.2

9.5 primary · 25.7 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games