Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 55-0vs Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Graham Gillespie
Senior defensive back on North Texas's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 201 lb · Cypress, TX · Bridgeland HS
Transferred Texas → North Texas for 2026
The story
4 defensive back on North Texas's 2025 roster.
- Signed with Texas in 2022.
- Transferred from Texas to North Texas in 2026.
Graham Gillespie
Graham Gillespie arrived at North Texas from Texas. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Sam Houston, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Texasout of Bridgeland
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Texas
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Seth Littrell, Eric Morris, and Drew Svoboda. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to North Texas
2025Texas
2026North Texas
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 31-11 over that span.
2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning
2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Background
Prior to UNT: Spent four seasons (2022-25) at Texas … saw action in five games in his time with the Longhorns … appeared in one game in 2025 … registered a tackle in his lone appearance against Sam Houston … saw action in four games in 2024 … made his career debut and recorded his first career ta...
The secondary · North Texas
- #16BJ Allen Jr.15 tackles · 2025
- #8Caden Jenkins10 tackles · 2025
- #9Cameren Jenkins6 tackles · 2025
- #5Chase Canada3 tackles · 2025
- #13Graham Gillespie1 tackle · 2025
18 more on the roster · North Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology