Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 70-7vs Morgan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-48@ Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#23
Jessiah Mcgrew
Sophomore defensive back on Arizona State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Tallahassee, FL · Florida State University School
CFB Index 79 · #48 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceTransferred Florida International → Arizona State for 2026
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
3★
ATH recruit
No. 2279 nationally · Signed with Florida International
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on Arizona State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida International in 2025.
- Transferred from Florida International to Arizona State in 2026.
Jessiah Mcgrew
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
202512 games
- Signed with Florida International3-star out of Florida State University School
- All-Conference USAsecond
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2025)
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Arizona State
2025Florida International
2026Arizona State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced
2026Arizona State1-1HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Florida International | 67 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 72 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 70–7
vs Morgan State
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Dervil’s 2023 season.
80%match
Matches Jeremiah on
Tackle volume
Weight
Class year
Differs from Jeremiah on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Joel Cordoba's freshman season at Kent State (2025).
76%match
Matches Joel on
Class year
Tackle volume
Weight
Differs from Joel on
PD rate (higher)
The secondary · Arizona State
- #2Lyrik Rawls72 tackles · 2025
- #23Jessiah Mcgrew67 tackles · 2025
- #6Adrian Wilson57 tackles · 2025
- #7Montana Warren40 tackles · 2025
- #21Kyan McDonald15 tackles · 2025
14 more on the roster · Arizona State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology