Senior defensive lineman on South Florida's 2022 roster.
6′4″ · 257 lb · Bradenton, FL
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
WDE recruit
No. 1875 nationally · Signed with South Florida
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on South Florida's roster.
Darrien Grant
Wins his gap play after play. Darrien Grant has played for two head coaches in five seasons at South Florida. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against UCF — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Florida — 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 · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Jeff Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Florida | 17 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 20 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 42–20
vs Howard
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 22-point win at home against Howard.
With G. Bohannon — 219 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 37.4 · 9 rush yds (2 car) · B. Battie — 105 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-20vs Howard | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-28@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-45vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-54@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-41vs SMU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 42-48@ Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 39-46vs UCF | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Asyrus Simon’s 2021 season.
Matches Asyrus on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Baylor's graduate season at Kent State (2023).
Matches Tyler on
Player DNA