Senior tight end for Southern Miss. 2021: 15 catches, 182 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 247 lb · Madison, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 1263 nationally · Signed with Arkansas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Southern Miss. 2021: 15 catches, 182 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Grayson Gunter
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Grayson Gunter has played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 61 rec yds, 3 receptions against Alabama, Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Southern Miss, 410 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (7th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 19.2 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 22.3 | 12.6 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #99 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Arkansas | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Arkansas | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Arkansas | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 34 | 410 | 12.1 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021
W 37–0
vs Grambling
1 rec · 16 yds
Dominant 37-point win at home against Grambling.
With F. Gore Jr. — 162 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · M. Hunt — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ South Alabama | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-0vs Grambling | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-21vs Troy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-63@ Alabama | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 26 | Season-high 61 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ Rice | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-26vs UTEP | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-35@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38vs North Texas | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-19@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 15 | 182 | 11.7 | 1 | 26 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jovani Haskins’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cole Rusk’s path through Illinois.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Rusk's senior season at Illinois (2025).
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Player DNA