Grant Lyons
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Four seasons in the Miami (OH) linebacker corps to date. On tape: 6 tackles and 2 sacks against Akron, Week 7, 2026.
25 tackles · 4 sacks
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami (OH) | 25 | 13 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 40 | 18 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 10): 1 tackle, 1 pass breakup.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-59@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Holy Cross | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-35@ Cincinnati | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 24-21vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-24vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-19@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-14vs Akron | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 28-27@ Central Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34vs Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 25 | 13 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 2 |
Nov. 3 · L 31-34 vs Buffalo, play by play
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, 4 of them sacks, in the 9 games with play by play.
How Miami (OH)’s defense played that day
Buffalo’s 11 drives: 5 stopped (2 takeaways) · 6 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 7.
3 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 4 for him; the box score credits 3.
6 tackles, including 2 sacks, tied for 6th-most sacks in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss. Third quarter, up 17-7.
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback 3 times.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 2 sacks, tied for 3rd-most sacks in FBS that week. His sack on 4th and 3 ended Cincinnati’s drive (downs).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 4 of his 5, sacks included.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss on 4th and 3. Third quarter, up 28-7. Ended Cincinnati’s drive (downs).
2 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
22%6 TFLSack rate
16%4 sacksPD rate
8%2 pass breakups25 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Chuck Martin — 32-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
43.0%
229 pass / 303 run
Plays / game
59.1
9 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
279 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.
The No. 1,520 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Mid-American as a redshirt senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 22 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chuck Martin.
