Markie Grant
Utah State Aggies
87
Great

Markie Grant

Utah State AggiesRebuilding
LCBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Wyoming
Projected Starter

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Markie Grant is the projected starter at LCB for Utah State Aggies.

Redshirt sophomore · #5 · 5'11", 170 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Utah State Aggies

  1. 1587Markie GrantStarter
  2. 2267Kye Stokes

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Spring Dekaney, ranked #1,220 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 25 tackles, 1 INT, 2 PBU. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,220 NatlTeam Share3%
Houston, TX
Jersey
#5
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
170 lbs
Transfer
Wyoming

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—2512

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8600
National Rank
#1220
High School
Spring Dekaney
Hometown
Houston, TX

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 71th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.77 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 71% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 35% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.77)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WWSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-16

Oct 3LBOISTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 37-18

Sep 26WTROYTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
4

Final W 21-10

Sep 19LUTAHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 33-0

Sep 12LWASHTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-14

Sep 5LIDSTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-17

Markie Grant's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

25 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement23%
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