Greg Grate Jr: S · Middle Tennessee · #9.
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Greg Grate Jr
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fourth year in the same secondary at Middle Tennessee. A game that shows it: 14 tackles against UTSA — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
83 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 89 | 61 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 74 | 41 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 39 | 33 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 25 | 15 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 227 | 150 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-15vs Monmouth | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-35@ No. 19 Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-27@ UTSA | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 39-42@ Charlotte | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-28vs Marshall | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Liberty | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-13@ UConn | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-10vs Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-48@ Western Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 50-10vs Florida International | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-24vs Old Dominion | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-17@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 83 | 57 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
89tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL89 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
4 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 22-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 7.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
51.0%
463 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
75.6
12 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
483 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
89 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #15 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 227 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
