#32

Juan Giraldo

Defensive back for Eastern Michigan. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 36 tackles.

DB · Eastern Michigan · #32

5′11″ · 195 lb · Gilbert, AZ

Eastern Michigan 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 381 nationally · Joined Eastern Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive back for Eastern Michigan. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Mesa C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#381 national

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 12-13 over that span.

2016Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

Solo tackles#839 / 2682 · 68th pct

Tackles#1100 / 2682 · 58th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th pct

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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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Eastern Michigan	36	26	3	1	--
2016	Eastern Michigan	37	21	4	--	--
Career		73	47	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2017

W 27–24

at Miami (OH)

7 TOT · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With B. Roback — 269 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.3 · 3 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · I. Eriksen — 112 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-7vs Charlotte	2	2	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-13@ Rutgers	4	4	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-27vs Ohio	6	3	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-24@ Kentucky	1	1	—	0
Wk 6	L 15-20@ Toledo	3	3	—	1
Wk 8	L 17-20vs Western Michigan	4	3	—	1
Wk 10	W 56-14vs Ball State	2	1	—	0
Wk 11	L 30-42@ Central Michigan	3	2	—	1
Wk 12	W 27-24@ Miami (OH)	7	4	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	W 34-31vs Bowling Green	4	3	1	0
Total		36	26	1	3

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