#15

Angelo Grose

Former defensive back at Michigan State. 2024: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

DB · Michigan State · Sr. · #15

5′10″ · 192 lb · Mansfield, OH

CFB Index 57 · #206 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceMichigan State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 693 nationally · Signed with Mansfield

Statement game16 tacklesvs Western Kentucky (FBS) · W 48-31

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Michigan State. 2024: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mansfield in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan State, 279 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20206 games

Recruited3-star out of Mansfield

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#693 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Mel Tucker

Michigan State

2024

Jonathan Smith

Michigan State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mel Tucker → Jonathan Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2024Michigan State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #206 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles#611 / 2892 · 78th pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#900 / 2892 · 66th pct

3.5

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.2	0.5	0.2	0.2
Road5g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.4	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #206 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #206 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan State	50	31	3.5	1.0	2	1	--
2023	Michigan State	72	36	3.0	0.5	5	2	--
2022	Michigan State	53	25	2.0	0.0	4	--	--
2021	Michigan State	81	59	1.5	0.0	6	1	--
2020	Michigan State	23	15	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
Career		279	166	10.5	1.5	19	4	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 16-10vs Florida Atlantic	12	9	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 2	W 27-24@ Maryland	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 40-0vs Prairie View A&M	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 19-23@ Boston College	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 7-38vs Ohio State	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-31@ Oregon	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Michigan	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-47vs Indiana	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 16-38@ Illinois	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Purdue	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 14-41vs Rutgers	10	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		50	31	3.5	1.0	1	2

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

Angelo Grose

20206 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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