Tony Grimes is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Purdue.
Grimes erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Northwestern — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Purdue | 34 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | UNLV | 20 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 36 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 47 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 9 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 14 | 11 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 151 | 110 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 29 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Southern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-33vs USC | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ No. 24 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-43vs No. 22 Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27@ Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-21@ No. 21 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-49@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-56vs No. 2 Indiana | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL34 tackles · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
52.0%
404 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
64.8
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #284 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #65 of 77 Big Ten DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 50 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 4 schools: Mack Brown, Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson and Barry Odom.
