#12

Grayson Cash

Senior safety for UAB. 2022: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

S · UAB · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 200 lb · Trussville, AL

CFB Index 72 · #80 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceUAB 2022 alumnus

The story

4 safety for UAB. 2022: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UAB in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3080 nationally · Signed with UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Six seasons at UAB, 132 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with UAB2-star out of Hewitt-Trussville

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAsecond

202212 games

All-Conference USAsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3080 national

CFB

College

UAB

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

2 coaches

2017–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Clark → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017UAB8-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #80 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: passes defended (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#42 / 811 · 90th pct

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Tackles#625 / 2755 · 77th pct

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#697 / 2755 · 74th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.7
Road6g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.3	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #80 of 493 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #80 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UAB	47	26	2.0	1.0	5	3	--
2021	UAB	23	13	0.0	0.0	4	3	--
2020	UAB	17	12	1.0	0.0	1	2	--
2019	UAB	40	33	2.0	0.0	3	--	--
2018	UAB	4	3	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
2017	UAB	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		132	88	6.0	1.0	13	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 59–0

vs Alabama A&M

1 PD · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

Dominant 59-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With D. Hopkins — 191 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.7 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Brown Jr. — 114 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Alabama A&M	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Liberty	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-21vs Georgia Southern	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-28@ Rice	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-14vs Middle Tennessee	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 7	W 34-20vs Charlotte	2	0	0.5	0.0	2	0
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Western Kentucky	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Florida Atlantic	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 38-44vs UTSA	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	W 41-21vs North Texas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 10-41@ LSU	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 37-27@ Louisiana Tech	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		47	26	2.0	1.0	3	5

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