Player Dossier

2021-2025

Ball State

Michael Gravely Jr.

DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA

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Michael Gravely Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Michigan State • Western Michigan • Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Michael Gravely Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 2, spending time with Ball State, Michigan State, and Western Michigan. The clearest part of...

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Michael Gravely Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Michael Gravely Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Michael Gravely Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · DB
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Eastern Michigan
High school pipeline
Central · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
44 tackles · DB 188th (top 20%) · Mid-American 80th (top 14%) · National 796th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan23-0--040.3
2025 Regular SeasonBall State9440.50-1044.7

Related Context

Michael Gravely Jr. played DB for Michigan State, Western Michigan, and Ball State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Michael Gravely Jr. recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Ball State paired 2.5 primary output with 23.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.2 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Western Michigan, Ball State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

23.2

Usage

5.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. Auburn: 0. UConn: 0. Ohio: 0. Akron: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 1. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 1

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. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Auburn: 6 by 25. UConn: 4 by 16.7. Ohio: 6 by 25. Akron: 7 by 34.2. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 8 by 43.3. Toledo: 7 by 29.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 11/29@ Miami (OH)L 24-4510001
Sat 11/22@ ToledoL 9-3875000
Sat 11/15vs Eastern MichiganL 9-24870010
Sat 10/25@ Northern IllinoisL 7-2133000
Sat 10/18vs AkronW 42-28720.5000
Sat 10/4vs OhioW 20-1461000
Sat 9/20@ UConnL 25-3141000
Sat 9/6@ AuburnL 3-4264000
Sat 8/30@ PurdueL 0-3122000

Player Story

Michael Gravely Jr. story

Michael Gravely Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 2, spending time with Ball State, Michigan State, and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Michael Gravely Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Michael Gravely Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Michigan State

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Michigan

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Ball State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan06.31.80
2025 Regular SeasonBall State2.523.25.32.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 12 · L 9-24 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 117 Akron

Week 8 · W 42-28 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

47.2 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 48 Toledo

Week 13 · L 9-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

28.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 29 Auburn

Week 2 · L 3-42

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Havoc Plays

23.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 23.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Ball State

2.5 primary output · 23.2 efficiency · 5.3 usage

44.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan

40.3

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games