6′3″ · 242 lb · Hickory Creek, TX · Lake Dallas
Graysen Schantz: DE · Rice · #94.
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Graysen Schantz
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Graysen Schantz has been at Rice through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UTEP, Week 10, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Prairie View A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 27-45vs Houston | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 29-43@ Hawai'i | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-40@ Southern Miss | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-56@ Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-20vs UTSA | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-36@ Florida International | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-41@ North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-34vs UTEP | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 13-28@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-42@ No. 10 LSU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-13vs Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 28 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
8%4 TFL49 tackles · 4 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
42.5%
364 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
49 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rice, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Bailiff → Mike Bloomgren. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
