Richie Grant: DB · UCF · #27.
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Richie Grant
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The four seasons at UCF span two head coaches: Scott Frost and Josh Heupel. All-AAC in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 16 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Cincinnati — Week 12, 2020.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 5 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 3.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 49-21@ Georgia Tech | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 51-28@ East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-34vs Tulsa | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 49-50@ Memphis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 51-34vs Tulane | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-21@ Houston | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-13vs Temple | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 33-36vs No. 7 Cincinnati | 16 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 58-46@ South Florida | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 72 | 49 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL72 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 5 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 10.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 9.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
48.1%
408 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
94.3
9 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
432 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 284 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #40 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 6th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 6th NFL season
