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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Iowa
Aaron Graves
DL • 6'5" • 295 lbs • Dayton, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Aaron Graves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
Player Story
Aaron Graves built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Dayton, IA wearing No. 95, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Aaron Graves' career was his defensive production: 121...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Aaron Graves, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa. Aaron Graves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 121
- TFL
- 24.5
- Sacks
- 16
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Aaron Graves quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DL
- Career Tackles
- 121
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Illinois State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Southeast Valley · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DL 72nd (top 7%) · Big Ten 123rd (top 16%) · National 1,010th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 7 | 15 | 5.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 35.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 26.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 33 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 26.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 55.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 12 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 36 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
Related Context
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Aaron Graves played DL for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron Graves recorded 121 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Iowa paired 16.5 primary output with 24.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Postseason · Iowa
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
26.5
Usage
7.5
Consistency
32.2
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 1. Illinois State: 6. Iowa State: 0. Troy: 0. Minnesota: 1. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 5. Northwestern: 1. Wisconsin: 0. UCLA: 2. Maryland: 0. Nebraska: 3
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 1 by 14.2. Illinois State: 4 by 66.7. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Washington: 5 by 70.8. Northwestern: 3 by 22.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 1 by 24.2. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 8 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois State
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Washington
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/30 | @ Missouri | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs NebraskaSplash game | W 13-10 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Maryland | W 29-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ UCLASplash game | L 17-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Wisconsin | W 42-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Northwestern | W 40-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Washington2+ sacks · Splash game | W 40-16 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Ohio State | L 7-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Minnesota | W 31-14 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Troy | W 38-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Iowa State | L 19-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Illinois State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 40-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Aaron Graves story
Aaron Graves built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Dayton, IA wearing No. 95, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Aaron Graves' career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, and 1 interception across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Aaron Graves' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Iowa
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 20.4 | 6.1 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa | 8 | 17.7 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 17.7 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa | 19 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 11 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 19 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 16.5 | 24.5 | 9.6 | -2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 16.5 | 24.5 | 9.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 40-0
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Washington
Week 7 · W 40-16 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 70 Minnesota
Week 9 · W 41-3 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Rutgers
Week 4 · W 27-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 6 · W 20-14 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Iowa
16.5 primary output · 24.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage
58.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Iowa
58.3
16.5 primary · 24.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Iowa
55.3
19 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
14
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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