#56

Gracen Halton

Former defensive lineman at Oklahoma. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Oklahoma · Sr. · #56

6′2″ · 292 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 70 · #94 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by San Francisco — Rd 4, Pick 7, #107 overall

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

3.5

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 33 tackles · 7 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 7 tackles, vs Missouri

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Oklahoma. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the San Francisco in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oklahoma, 8 sacks — drafted at #107 overall by San Francisco.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20224 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of St. Augustine

202513 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

2026

Drafted by San Franciscoround 4, pick 107

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#267 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #107

San Francisco · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach

2022–2025

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

Played his entire career under Brent Venables.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San Francisco2026 NFL rookie season

#107Rd 4 · Pick 7

San Francisco2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Brent Venables — 32-20 over that span.

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #94 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: sacks (91st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct

3.5

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.9	0.6	0.2	0.1
Road5g	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #94 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma	33	11	7.0	3.5	2	--	--
2024	Oklahoma	30	17	6.0	5.0	--	--	--
2023	Oklahoma	9	4	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	10	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		82	34	17.5	8.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 33–27

at Tennessee

2 TOT · 0 SACKS · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Mateer — 159 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.3 · 80 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · G. Miller — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week