#90

Grant Trueman

Senior defensive lineman for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #90

6′3″ · 230 lb · Chino Hills, CA

CFB Index 50 · #193 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceEastern Michigan 2022 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Chino Hills in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 3176 nationally · Signed with Chino Hills

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Recruited2-star out of Chino Hills

2019

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Citrus College

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3176 national

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 24-21 over that span.

2019Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2020Eastern Michigan2-4HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #193 of 387?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#341 / 2755 · 86th pct

3.0

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#868 / 2755 · 66th pct

3.5

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles#1672 / 2755 · 38th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2755 · 30th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #193 of 387 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #193 at the position.

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 42–34

vs Eastern Kentucky

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With T. Powell — 271 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.6 · 5 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 41-27@ San José State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		23	10	3.5	3.0	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology