Grant Trueman: DL · Eastern Michigan · #90.
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Grant Trueman
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Eastern Michigan since. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Central Michigan — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 23 | 10 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 20 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 18 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-34vs Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-49@ Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-50vs Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13vs Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-23@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-28@ Akron | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ Kent State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-19vs Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-27vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 10 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
13%3 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry23 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 24-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.5%
392 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #193 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Creighton.
