Tight end, NC State, 2012–⁠15

David Grinnage

Number
No. 86
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Newark, DE
Born
Feb 24, 1994, in Newark, Delaware

David Grinnage played tight end at NC State (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last at Florida State, 201587receiving yards, career highvs. Florida State, 20142receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. North Carolina, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013NC State1515010.0121
2014NC State2735813.3545
2015NC State2529011.6321
Career6779811.9945

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012NC State86TE
2013NC State86TE
2014NC State86TE
2015NC State86TE6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014NC State320.9997th (n=496)0.5231.64%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 NC State 10 games, 25 catches, 290 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.TroyW 49–⁠21115015
Sep 19atOld DominionW 38–⁠141303
Sep 26atSouth AlabamaW 63–⁠13120020
Oct 3vs.LouisvilleL 13–⁠201707
Oct 9atVirginia TechL 13–⁠28115015
Oct 31vs.ClemsonL 41–⁠56782121
Nov 14atFlorida StateL 17–⁠34763014
Nov 21vs.SyracuseW 42–⁠29231020
Nov 28vs.North CarolinaL 34–⁠45236220
Dec 30 ✦vs.Mississippi StateL 28–⁠51218012
2014 NC State 11 games, 27 catches, 358 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.Georgia SouthernW 24–⁠23224015
Sep 6vs.Old DominionW 46–⁠34230016
Sep 13atSouth FloridaW 49–⁠17330011
Sep 20vs.PresbyterianW 42–⁠021309
Sep 27vs.Florida StateL 41–⁠56487045
Oct 11vs.Boston CollegeL 14–⁠30116116
Oct 18atLouisvilleL 18–⁠30343221
Nov 1atSyracuseW 24–⁠17339019
Nov 8vs.Georgia TechL 23–⁠56227119
Nov 29atNorth CarolinaW 35–⁠7322112
Dec 26 ✦vs.UCFW 34–⁠27227018
2013 NC State 10 games, 15 catches, 150 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Louisiana TechW 40–⁠141808
Sep 7vs.RichmondW 23–⁠21116016
Oct 5atWake ForestL 13–⁠2821408
Oct 12vs.SyracuseL 10–⁠24230121
Oct 26atFlorida StateL 17–⁠49112012
Nov 2vs.North CarolinaL 19–⁠271−100
Nov 9atDukeL 20–⁠38334019
Nov 16atBoston CollegeL 21–⁠38120020
Nov 23vs.East CarolinaL 28–⁠422805
Nov 30vs.MarylandL 21–⁠411909

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′5¼″
Weight248 lb
Arm length34½″
Hand size10⅛″
40-yard dash4.90 s
10-yard split1.63 s
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump8′10″
Bench press7 reps
3-cone drill7.56 s
20-yard shuttle4.74 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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