Senior cornerback on Texas State's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 175 lb · Mont Belvieu, TX
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.
The story
4 cornerback on Texas State's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCanden Grogan
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Second year in the Texas State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 4 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under G.J. Kinne — 15-11 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #24 of 25 Sun Belt CBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas State | 16 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 43–36
at UTSA
1 PD · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT
Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.
With B. Jackson — 286 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.2 · 34 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · D. Nunez — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-27vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 43-36@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-34@ Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-3vs Nicholls | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 41-48vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 37-40@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Texas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Texas State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #82 · 2026 recruiting class #74
Player DNA
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Jackson’s 2021 season.
Matches Jalen on
Differs from Jalen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Moore's junior season at Florida (2024).
Matches Devin on