Receiver, Illinois, 2013–⁠16

Zach Grant

Lettered 2014–⁠16 (school media guide)

Number
No. 88
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Springfield, IL

Zach Grant played receiver at Illinois (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. Iowa, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015Illinois177.007
2016Illinois2626510.2124
Career2727210.1124

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Illinois88WR
2014Illinois88WR
2015Illinois88WR
2016Illinois88WR6′0″

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
2015Illinois10.51––0.5–
2016Illinois450.3624th (n=489)0.5216.37%

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

2016 Illinois 12 games, 26 catches, 265 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.Murray StateW 52–⁠31909
Sep 10vs.North CarolinaL 23–⁠481606
Sep 17vs.Western MichiganL 10–⁠34332019
Oct 1atNebraskaL 16–⁠31228017
Oct 8vs.PurdueL 31–⁠341909
Oct 15atRutgersW 24–⁠7––––
Oct 22atMichiganL 8–⁠412906
Oct 29vs.MinnesotaL 17–⁠40331116
Nov 5vs.Michigan StateW 31–⁠27337022
Nov 12atWisconsinL 3–⁠48115015
Nov 19vs.IowaL 0–⁠28865017
Nov 26atNorthwesternL 21–⁠42124024
2015 Illinois 1 game, 1 catch, 7 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 12vs.Western IllinoisW 44–⁠01707

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

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