Maverick Gracio
Ball State Cardinals
56
Depth

Maverick Gracio

Ball State CardinalsRebuilding
DEDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Pittsburgh
3rd String

Is Maverick Gracio starting?

Maverick Gracio is listed 3rd string at DE for Ball State Cardinals.

Redshirt junior · #39 · 6'4", 245 lbs

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Depth at DE · Ball State Cardinals

  1. 1764Ben MarshStarter
  2. 21057Austin Stief
  3. 33956Maverick GracioYou
  4. 43347Jamar Birden
  5. 5340George Okorie

Ball State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Ball State

Ball State plays Massachusetts away on Wed, Nov 4. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Cardinal Newman, ranked #1,585 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 56 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,585 NatlTeam Share1%
West Palm Beach, FL
Jersey
#39
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
245 lbs
Transfer
Pittsburgh

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—41.51

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
0.8450
National Rank
#1585
High School
Cardinal Newman
Hometown
West Palm Beach, FL

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 56th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.94 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 56.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 56% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −12 depth penalty

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 10LNUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-14

Oct 3LTOLTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-24

Sep 26LKENTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 26-13

Sep 12WSTBKTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-17

Sep 5LOSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-3

Maverick Gracio's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

4 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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