Marvin Grant

Former safety at Kansas. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · Kansas · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 210 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 70 · #101 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 263 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Kansas. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Purdue in 2019.
Transferred from Purdue to Kansas in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Kansas, 246 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with Purdue4-star out of Martin Luther King

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#263 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2024

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #101 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#211 / 2892 · 92nd pct

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

Tackles#393 / 2892 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.3
Road6g	6.3	0.4	0.3	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.2	0.2	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	0.4	0.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #101 of 537 safeties

Former four-star. Now #101 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	59	40	4.0	3.0	6	--	--
2023	Kansas	48	34	3.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Kansas	47	32	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Purdue	76	53	2.5	0.0	3	--	--
2020	Purdue	14	13	3.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Purdue	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		246	174	14.0	3.0	11	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

1 PD · 7 SOLO · 10 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With J. Daniels — 169 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.0 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 47 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Lindenwood	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 17-23@ Illinois	9	7	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 27-29@ Kansas State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 45-36vs Iowa State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	10	7	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 13	W 37-21vs Colorado	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	7	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		59	40	4.0	3.0	—	6

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