Grant Sawyer: LB · Tulsa · #19.
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Grant Sawyer
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Rated a two-star prospect, with five seasons of snaps at Tulsa since. On tape: 8 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Northern Illinois, Week 2, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 37-40@ Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35vs Northern Illinois | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 54-17vs Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-35@ No. 16 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-31vs Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-16@ Temple | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-45vs SMU | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-27vs No. 19 Tulane | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-26@ Memphis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-42vs South Florida | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-30@ Houston | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 24 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 54-17
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 37-point win at home against Jacksonville State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%6 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups45 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
5 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 25-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
49.8%
415 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
69.5
12 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
468 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #356 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tulsa, 115 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Philip Montgomery.
