Trond Grizzell

Senior wide receiver for California. 2025: 55 catches, 788 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · California · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 205 lb · Park City, UT

CFB Index 69 · #84 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to California for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Explosive rate: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

788

receiving yards · 2025

55 catches · 1 TD · 14.3 per catch

Best game: 8 rec, 80 yds, vs Virginia

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for California. 2025: 55 catches, 788 receiving yards, 1 TD.

His career, year by year

Trond Grizzell

WR · California · Sr · #7

Moves the chains on third down. Third year in the California receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 104 rec yds, 9 receptions against Stanford, Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #84 of 485?

High confidenceAscending11 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

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%

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #84 of 485 WRs

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 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 38–35

vs SMU

2 rec · 21 yds

Edged out SMU at home in a shootout.

With J. Sagapolutele — 330 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · K. Raphael — 111 rush yds (33 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.91(06:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 J.Sagapolutele pass complete deep right to #7 T.Grizzell caught at VT 45, for 34 yards to the VT 36 (#23 T.Williams), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · San Diego State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.63Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Trond Grizzell for 26 yds to the SDSU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Stanford · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.23(08:55) Shotgun #3 J.Sagapolutele pass complete short right to #7 T.Grizzell caught at CAL46, for 20 yards to the CAL48 (#22 C.Ojarikre), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Stanford · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.18(01:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 J.Sagapolutele pass complete short right to #7 T.Grizzell caught at STAN30, for 23 yards to the STAN26, out of bounds at STAN26, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Stanford · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.95(09:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 J.Sagapolutele pass complete short middle to #7 T.Grizzell caught at CAL50, for 12 yards to the CAL50 QB hurried by #11 T.Tafiti (#6 C.Wright), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.75(00:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 J.Sagapolutele pass complete short middle to #7 T.Grizzell caught at Hawaii50, for 20 yards to the Hawaii42 (#4 E.Palmer), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY Cal Illegal Forward Pass declined
Week 1 · Oregon State · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Trond Grizzell for 32 yds for a TD (Chase Meyer KICK)
Week 11 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.39(15:00) Shotgun #21 J.De Jesus pass complete deep right to #7 T.Grizzell caught at CAL48, for 27 yards to the LOU48 (#4 J.Mack), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · San Diego State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Trond Grizzell for 33 yds to the SDSU 17 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · SMU · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.36(02:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 J.Sagapolutele pass complete short right to #7 T.Grizzell caught at SMU39, for 12 yards to the SMU37 (#0 W.Nettles), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 Virginia	8	80	10.0	0	18
Wk 11	W 29-26@ 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 SMU	2	21	10.5	0	12
Bowl	L 31-35@ Hawai'i	8	98	12.3	0	22
Total		55	788	15.6	1	35