Grayland Arnold

Junior cornerback for Baylor. 2019: 5 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

CB · Baylor · Jr. · #1

5′10″ · 190 lb · Kountze, TX

Baylor 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 498 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 cornerback for Baylor. 2019: 5 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Baylor, 107 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20167 games

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Kountze

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#498 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Jim Grobe

Baylor

2017–2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Grobe → Matt Rhule. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Baylor7-6HC: Jim Grobe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Baylor11-3HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (100th percentile). Strength: interceptions (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#1 / 721 · 100th pct

Interceptions#6 / 779 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#567 / 2688 · 78th pct

Tackles#767 / 2688 · 71st pct

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2688 · 51st pct

2.5

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road5g	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Baylor	46	33	2.5	1.0	2	5	3
2018	Baylor	6	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Baylor	35	26	3.0	0.0	7	1	--
2016	Baylor	20	17	2.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		107	82	7.5	1.0	13	6	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 23–21

vs Iowa State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 NO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With C. Brewer — 307 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.2 · 29 rush yds (13 car) · I. Power — 43 AVG · 50 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 56-17vs Stephen F. Austin	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 63-14vs UTSA	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 21-13@ Rice	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 23-21vs Iowa State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-12@ Kansas State	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 33-30vs Texas Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 17-14vs West Virginia	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 29-23@ TCU	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 31-34vs Oklahoma	8	6	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 13	W 24-10vs Texas	6	6	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 14	W 61-6@ Kansas	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 15	L 23-30@ Oklahoma	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 14-26vs Georgia	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		46	33	2.5	1.0	5	2

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

20167 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays