Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Illinois
Zach Grant
WR • 6'0" • Springfield, IL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Zach Grant reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Zach Grant built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Springfield, IL wearing No. 88, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Zach Grant's career was his receiving role: 27...
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- Committed To
- Eastern Washington
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Zach Grant, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Zach Grant reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 272
- Receptions
- 27
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Zach Grant quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 272
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Westlake · Eastern Washington
- High school pipeline
- Westlake · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 265 receiving yards · WR 404th (top 42%) · Big Ten 54th (top 26%) · National 501st (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 26 | 265 | 1 | 70.4 |
Related Context
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Zach Grant played WR for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zach Grant recorded 272 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Illinois paired 265 primary output with 69.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 69.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
22.1
Efficiency
69.1
Usage
17.8
Consistency
53.3
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 9. North Carolina: 6. Western Michigan: 32. Nebraska: 28. Purdue: 9. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 9. Minnesota: 31. Michigan State: 37. Wisconsin: 15. Iowa: 65. Northwestern: 24
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. Murray State: 1 by 60. North Carolina: 1 by 40. Western Michigan: 3 by 71.1. Nebraska: 2 by 93.3. Purdue: 1 by 60. Michigan: 2 by 30. Minnesota: 3 by 68.9. Michigan State: 3 by 82.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 100. Iowa: 8 by 54.2. Northwestern: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins15.3 · Games = 3 · -9.0 vs Losses
Losses24.3 · Games = 9 · +9.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Iowa
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Northwestern | L 21-42 | — | 1 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs IowaHigh volume | L 0-28 | — | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Wisconsin | L 3-48 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Michigan State | W 31-27 | — | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Minnesota | L 17-40 | — | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Michigan | L 8-41 | — | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Rutgers | W 24-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Purdue | L 31-34 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Nebraska | L 16-31 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Western Michigan | L 10-34 | — | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs North Carolina | L 23-48 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Murray State | W 52-3 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
Zach Grant story
Zach Grant built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Springfield, IL wearing No. 88, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Zach Grant's career was his receiving role: 27 catches, 272 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Zach Grant's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 46.7 | 2.6 | 7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 265 | 69.1 | 17.8 | 258 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa
Week 12 · L 0-28 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
65
Receiving Yards
84.7 takeover
65 receiving yards with a 54.2 efficiency score.
#2
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
37
Receiving Yards
72 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
37 receiving yards with a 82.2 efficiency score.
#3
@ Nebraska
Week 5 · L 16-31 · Conference game
28
Receiving Yards
61.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
28 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs Minnesota
Week 9 · L 17-40 · Conference game
31
Receiving Yards
59.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 68.9 efficiency score.
#5
@ Wisconsin
Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game
15
Receiving Yards
56.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
265 primary output · 69.1 efficiency · 17.8 usage
70.4
#2
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
39.5
7 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 2.6 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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