Darrien Grant: DL · South Florida · #99.
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Darrien Grant
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at South Florida. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCF — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| 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@ No. 18 Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-28@ No. 24 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 No. 25 UCF | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries17 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
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
Jeff Scott
Pass share
42.7%
326 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
63.7
12 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
338 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Florida — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 24 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Daniel Da Prato. Multi-era developmental context.
