Grant Theil: DB · Air Force · #14.
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Grant Theil
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the same secondary at Air Force. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Colorado — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Colorado Springs Gazette Oct 26Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Colgate | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-23@ Colorado | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 19-30@ No. 20 Boise State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-24vs San José State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 25-34@ Navy | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-24vs Fresno State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-26@ Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-7vs Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-13vs Army | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-21@ Colorado State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-22@ New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-6vs Wyoming | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-21vs Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Week 3 · 2019
W 30-23
at Colorado
1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles · 7 solo tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL50 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Troy Calhoun, all run-heavy offenses — 16-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
14.5%
124 pass / 731 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
133 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Air Force, 55 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Troy Calhoun.
