#86

David Grinnage

Tight end for NC State. 2015: 25 catches, 290 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · NC State · #86

6′5″ · Newark, DE

NC State 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 834 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 tight end for NC State. 2015: 25 catches, 290 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at NC State, 648 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with NC State3-star out of Newark

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#834 national

CFB

College

NC State

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dave Doeren, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.

2014NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2015NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#34 / 119 · 71st pct

Rec yards#43 / 119 · 64th pct

290

Rec TDs#32 / 119 · 63rd pct

Yards / catch#62 / 119 · 47th pct

11.6

Long catch#108 / 119 · 9th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	34.2	13.4	0.6
Road5g	2.4	23.8	11.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.2	13.0	11.5	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	53.0	13.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	NC State	25	290	11.6	3	--
2014	NC State	27	358	13.3	5	--
Career		52	648	12.5	8	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-21vs Troy	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 38-14@ Old Dominion	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 4	W 63-13@ South Alabama	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 5	L 13-20vs Louisville	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 6	L 13-28@ Virginia Tech	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 9	L 41-56vs Clemson	7	82	11.7	1	21	Season-high 82 yds
Wk 11	L 17-34@ Florida State	7	63	9.0	0	14
Wk 12	W 42-29vs Syracuse	2	31	15.5	0	20
Wk 13	L 34-45vs North Carolina	2	36	18.0	2	20	2 TD catches
Bowl	L 28-51@ Mississippi State	2	18	9.0	0	12
Total		25	290	12.3	3	21

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