#31

Grant Cunningham

Safety on Ohio's 2017 roster.

S · Ohio · #31

6′0″ · 205 lb · Brecksville, OH

Ohio 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 safety on Ohio's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio, 45 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Ohio

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014

Frank Solich

Ohio

2016–2017

Frank Solich

Ohio

Played his entire career under Frank Solich.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Frank Solich — 23-16 over that span.

2014Ohio6-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2016Ohio8-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2017Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1313 / 2682 · 50th pct

Tackles#1395 / 2682 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2125 / 2682 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Ohio	29	18	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Ohio	16	11	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2014	Ohio	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		45	29	1.5	0.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 38–10

vs Toledo

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 28-point win at home against Toledo.

With N. Rourke — 139 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.9 · 115 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Brown — 142 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Hampton	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 21-44@ Purdue	7	6	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	W 42-30vs Kansas	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 58-50@ Massachusetts	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 48-30@ Bowling Green	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 48-3vs Kent State	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 45-28vs Miami (OH)	3	0	0.5	—
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Toledo	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 24-31@ Buffalo	2	1	0.0	—
Bowl	W 41-6vs UAB	4	3	0.0	—
Total		29	18	0.5	—

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

Grant Cunningham

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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