Grant Dawson: LB · Wake Forest · #50.
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Grant Dawson
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Three seasons in the Wake Forest linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Georgia Tech — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
90 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 90 | 57 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 35 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 125 | 78 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-7vs Presbyterian | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Boston College | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 46-10vs Utah State | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-19@ App State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-26vs Florida State | 10 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 6 | L 14-28@ No. 2 Clemson | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ Georgia Tech | 14 | 12 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Louisville | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 37-48@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 64-43@ Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24vs No. 25 NC State | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-31vs Duke | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 55-52vs Texas A&M | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 57 | 10.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
90tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%10 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups90 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Dave Clawson — 18-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 7.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.8%
426 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
73.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
90 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wake Forest, 125 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Grobe → Dave Clawson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
