Senior defensive back for Ball State. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 44 tackles.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Cleveland, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Solo tackles: 74th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
interception · 2025
1 PBU · 44 tackles · 0.5 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 8 tackles, vs Eastern Michigan
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Ball State. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 44 tackles.
Michael Gravely Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 7 tackles against Toledo — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Neu → Mike Uremovich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Uremovich
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #276 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ball State | 44 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-31@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-42@ Auburn | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 25-31@ UConn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-14vs Ohio | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-28vs Akron | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 9-38@ Toledo | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 44 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Isaiah McElvane’s 2024 season.
Matches Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Bryson Powers's sophomore season at Tulsa (2021).
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Player DNA