Kenneth Edison-McGruder

Senior safety on Oklahoma State's 2018 roster.

S · Oklahoma State · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 220 lb · Alief, TX

Oklahoma State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 454 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State

Statement game12 tackles · 3 TFL · 2 sacksat Oklahoma (FBS) · L 47-48

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Oklahoma State's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma State, 133 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Oklahoma State3-star out of Alief Taylor

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#454 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Gundy — 27-12 over that span.

2016Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced

2017Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#87 / 2662 · 97th pct

Tackles#243 / 2662 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#238 / 2662 · 91st pct

8.5

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.9	0.6	0.0	0.2
Road4g	8.5	1.0	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.5	0.6	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	7.2	1.0	0.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Oklahoma State	73	54	8.5	2.0	3	--	--
2017	Oklahoma State	21	16	2.0	1.0	2	--	--
2016	Oklahoma State	39	29	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		133	99	11.0	3.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018

W 38–33

vs Missouri

8 TOT · 7 SOLO

Edged out Missouri at home in a shootout.

With T. Cornelius — 336 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · 21 rush yds (12 car) · C. Hubbard — 145 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week