Western Michigan University Athletics

CAREER: Lettered four seasons (2016-17-18-19) ... in 50 career games (21 starts), posted 187 tackles, 14.5 tackles for lost yardage, 2.0 sacks, three interceptions, three pass breakups, two caused fumbles and one fumble recovery ... finished with three career games with 10+ tackles, including a personal-high 13 stops against Syracuse in the 2018 season opener ... registered 18 career games with 5+ tackles and 36 career games with 2+ tackles ... team captain in 2018 … two-time Academic All-Mid-American Conference selection (2016-19) … one of seven Broncos to own an interception in a bowl game, picking off Ty Storey of Western Kentucky in the 2019 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl.
 
2019: Academic All-MAC … played in all 13 games and started the final eight … compiled 60 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, two INTs and one PBU ... posted 4+ tackles in nine games with a year-best nine versus Miami in the Broncos’ Homecoming victory ... tallied eight stops, a PBU and year’s only sack against Georgia State … recorded seven hits in overtime win at Ohio … had a TFL in consecutive games versus Georgia State and at Syracuse … intercepted passes versus Bowling Green on Senior Day and against Western Kentucky in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl … one of seven Broncos to own an interception in a bowl game ... on the field for 673 total snaps.
 
2018: Team captain … started all 13 games … finished with 83 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, one INT, two PBUs and one fumble recovery ... named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week following win at Central Michigan … ranked second on the team in total tackles and TFL ... posted 3+ tackles in 12 games including a season-best 13 versus Syracuse … also reached double-digit stops against Eastern Michigan (12) and Central Michigan (11) ... carded a career-high 3.0 TFL at No. 21 Michigan and added 1.0 sack for a loss of 16 yards … posted 1.5 TFL each against Georgia State, Miami and Ball State … credited with eight tackles apiece versus Miami and Ball State … intercepted first career pass and broke up another in win at Central Michigan … tallied a PBU versus Bowling Green and recovered a fumble against Georgia State ... on the field for 935 total snaps.
 
2017: Played in 12 games … compiled 32 tackles, 1.0 TFL and two caused fumbles ... posted 2+ tackles in 10 games and 4+ in three games with a year-high six versus Ball State ... booked five stops against Kent State and four in the season finale at Toledo … tallied 1.0 TFL versus Wagner … credited with two caused fumbles against Ball State, tied for the third most in a game in program history … on the field for 452 total snaps.
 
2016: Academic All-MAC … played in 12 games ... recorded 12 tackles and 1.0 TFL … booked 2+ tackles in four games with a season-high three versus Northern Illinois and Ball State … carded two stops versus N.C. Central in debut and against Buffalo … collected first TFL against Kent State … a member of one of the best teams in Western Michigan history as it captured the MAC West Division title and Marathon MAC Championship Game crown and made an appearance in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic … team finished the regular season with a 12-0 record and only loss was to Wisconsin in the bowl tilt.
 
2015: Did not experience game action.  
 
PRIOR TO WESTERN MICHIGAN: A three-star prospect … two-time Michigan High School Football Player of the Year finalist (2013 & 2014) … No. 12 in Detroit News Blue Chip Recruits list … held state single-season rushing record with 2,962 yards and 36 TDs in 2013, including a state record eight consecutive games with at least 200 yards rushing … 2013 Associated Press Division 3 Player of the Year … two time Associated Press first team all-state honoree.
 
PERSONAL: Born September 2, 1996 ... son of Maryellen and Brent Grace … graduated from Western Michigan in December, 2019, with a degree in sales & business marketing.