Senior linebacker for Arkansas. 2023: 36 tackles.
6′1″ · 230 lb · Atlanta, GA
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.
The story
4 linebacker for Arkansas. 2023: 36 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTony Grier Jr.
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles against Alabama, Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Arkansas, 264 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sam Pittman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arkansas | 36 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 21 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 85 | 46 | 9.0 | 3.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 56 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 58 | 35 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 264 | 147 | 23.5 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023
W 39–36
at Florida
3 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Florida on the road in a shootout.
With K. Jefferson — 255 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.0 · 92 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 3 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-6vs Kent State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-34vs Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-27@ Ole Miss | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Alabama | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 39-36@ Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-48vs Auburn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-20vs Florida International | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48vs Missouri | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 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
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Taiwan Berryhill’s 2021 season.
Matches Taiwan on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA