Trond Grizzell

#7 · WR · Sr. · California6′4″ · 205 lb · Park City, UT

Trond Grizzell is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at California.

Grizzell moves the chains on third down. Third year in the California receiving corps. On tape: 104 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Stanford, Week 13, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Tristan SmithClemson · 2025 · 83% season match
Dwayne Early Jr.Buffalo · 2026 · 82% season match
Cam CamperBoise State · 2024 · 79% season match
Dane KeyKentucky · 2024 · 78% season match
Chase RobertsBYU · 2024 · 76% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	California	55	788	14.3	1	35
2024	California	27	401	14.9	1	51
2023	California	39	590	15.1	5	54
Career		121	1,779	14.7	7	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-15@ Oregon State	5	83	16.6	1	35
Wk 2	W 35-3vs Texas Southern	2	32	16.0	0	19
Wk 3	W 27-14vs Minnesota	4	60	15.0	0	22
Wk 4	L 0-34@ San Diego State	4	91	22.8	0	33
Wk 5	W 28-24@ Boston College	5	78	15.6	0	29
Wk 6	L 21-45vs Duke	4	56	14.0	0	29
Wk 9	L 34-42@ Virginia Tech	2	48	24.0	0	34
Wk 10	L 21-31vs No. 15 Virginia	8	80	10.0	0	18
Wk 11	W 29-26@ No. 14 Louisville	2	37	18.5	0	27
Wk 13	L 10-31@ Stanford	9	104	11.6	0	23	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 14	W 38-35vs No. 25 SMU	2	21	10.5	0	12
Bowl	L 31-35@ Hawai'i	8	98	12.3	0	22
Total		55	788	14.3	1	35

Signature game

Week 10 · 2025

L 21-31

vs Virginia

8 rec · 80 yds

With B. Honore Jr. — 45.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 2 inside the 20 · M. Mini — 42 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 2 rec · 34 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.91J.Sagapolutele pass complete deep right to T.Grizzell caught at VT 45, for 34 yards to the VT 36 (T.Williams), out of bounds
Week 4 · San Diego State · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.63Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Trond Grizzell for 26 yds to the SDSU 31 for a
Week 13 · Stanford · 3rd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Sagapolutele to Grizzell: a 20-yard pass.
Week 13 · Stanford · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Sagapolutele to Grizzell: a 23-yard pass.
Week 13 · Stanford · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Sagapolutele to Grizzell: a 12-yard pass.
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.75Sagapolutele to Grizzell: a 20-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 1 · Oregon State · 2nd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Trond Grizzell for 32 yds for a TD (Chase Meyer KICK)
Week 11 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.39J.De Jesus pass complete deep right to T.Grizzell for 27 yards (J.Mack)
Week 4 · San Diego State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Trond Grizzell for 33 yds to the SDSU 17 for a
Week 14 · SMU · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Sagapolutele to Grizzell: a 12-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

55 rec · 788 yds · 1 TD

50 of 55 receptions matched to play-by-play

34 of 80 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

8018% of team targets

Catch rate

62%50 of 80 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

3% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 13.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

41% of targets (14)

79%catch rate

Air 4.9 · YAC 2.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

50% of targets (17)

59%catch rate

Air 14.6 · YAC 1.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

6% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air 24.0 · YAC 6.5 avg

62% catch rate on 80 targets · 18% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%20 of his 87 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 19-20 over that span.

2023California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning

2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2025California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 69 (#84 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

69Quality starter #84 of 485 · 2025?

Ascending11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (87th percentile). Strength: epa / target (83rd percentile). Concern: long catch (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#102 / 798 · 87th pct

17.2%

EPA / target#139 / 798 · 83rd pct

0.64

Yards / catch#172 / 798 · 79th pct

14.2

TD rate#497 / 798 · 38th pct

1.1%

Catch rate#504 / 798 · 37th pct

64.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#72 / 558 · 87th pct

788

Receptions#88 / 558 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#175 / 558 · 68th pct

14.3

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Long catch#436 / 558 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

27th → 83rd percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 87th percentile

Catch rate

2nd → 37th percentile

TD rate

20th → 38th percentile

Yards / catch

80th → 79th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.0	49.8	13.1	0.0
Road7g	5.0	77.0	17.3	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	71.1	16.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	58.0	14.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Justin Wilcox

Pass share

57.0%

502 pass / 379 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

518 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

55 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

69 · #84 of 485 WRs · 2025

Unranked recruit. Now #84 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #13 of 64 ACC WRs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).