Zion Grady
Ohio State Buckeyes
82
Good

Zion Grady

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RDEDefenseGood
2nd String / Backup

Is Zion Grady starting?

Zion Grady is listed 2nd string at RDE for Ohio State Buckeyes.

Sophomore · #9 · 6'4", 262 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Ohio State Buckeyes

  1. 1489Qua RussawStarter
  2. 2982Zion GradyYou
  3. 34466Epi Sitanilei
  4. 45659Nate Riegle

Ohio State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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Up next for Ohio State

Ohio State plays Oregon at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Enterprise, ranked #81 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 13 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 82 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #81 NatlTeam Share2%
Enterprise, AL
Jersey
#9
Class
SO
Height
6'4"
Weight
262 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251321

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9580
National Rank
#81
High School
Enterprise
Hometown
Enterprise, AL

Why this rating?

On a 93-rated defense; 67th-percentile production (×1.00 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 82.

Team defense (SP+)
93
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 67% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×1.00)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role; −6 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 10WMDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-16

Oct 3WIOWATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-14

Sep 5WBALLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-3

Zion Grady's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

13 tkl · 2 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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