Senior linebacker for Michigan State. 2018: 9 tackles.
6′3″ · 208 lb · Georgetown, KY
The story
4 linebacker for Michigan State. 2018: 9 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearGrayson Miller
Fourth year in the Michigan State linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles against Purdue — Week 9, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan State, 36 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Dantonio.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 32-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2018 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Michigan State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Michigan State | 20 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Michigan State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018
W 21–17
at Penn State
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
With T. Hunt — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG · B. Lewerke — 259 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 20 rush yds (12 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | W 21-17@ Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 7-21vs Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-13vs Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-3@ Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 6-7@ Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |