Nick Grant: CB · Virginia · #1.
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Nick Grant
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Five seasons in the Virginia secondary to date. On tape: 8 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 9 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-0vs William & Mary | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Illinois | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-37vs Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-28@ Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-33@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-0vs Duke | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-40vs Georgia Tech | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 49-66@ No. 25 BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-28vs No. 7 Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-48@ No. 20 Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-29vs Virginia Tech | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 9 |
Week 5 · 2021
W 30-28
at Miami
4 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles
Edged out Miami on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%9 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this season50 tackles · 3 for loss · 9 pass breakups.
5 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 34-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
62.3%
551 pass / 334 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
604 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia, 138 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bronco Mendenhall.
