2022 Football Roster
Grant Sawyer
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Argyle, Texas
- High School:
- Liberty Christian
- Prev School:
- Liberty Christian
TULSA – A five-year letterwinner … returned for his covid season … played in 58 career games and had 19 starts … had 115 career tackles, 18.5 TFL for -68 yards, four sacks for -33 yards, three pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.
2022 – Played in all 12 games … made 11 starts … had 45 tackles and 6.5 TFL for -24 yards … had six tackles vs. #19 Tulane … totaled six stops and one TFL for-2 yards vs. SMU … had four stops and one TFL for -3 yards at Temple … totaled three tackles and one PBU at #13 Ole Miss … compiled four stops and one sack for -9 yards vs. JAX State … had eight tackles and 1.5 TFL for -7 yards vs. NIU.
2021 – Played in all 13 games and had six starting assignments … had 29 tackles, three stops for -9 yards, one sack for -5 yards, one pass breakup and one forced fumble in 13 games … tied a career-high with seven tackles against Navy … collected five tackles vs. Memphis … had two tackles, one sack for -5 yards and his first career forced fumble against Arkansas State … totaled for stops at #9 Ohio State … had three tackles and one stop for -2 yards vs. Temple.
2020 –?Played in all nine games and started two games … had his first career start vs. #19 SMU … also started at Navy … had 23 stops, seven TFLs for -32 yards, two sacks for -19 yards and one fumble recovery … came off the bench in the opener at Oklahoma State and had a career-high seven tackles, including a career-best 3.5 TFLs for -11 yards … tied his career-high with seven tackles at Navy and added two TFLs for -19 yards and one sack for -17 yards … collected three stops vs. East Carolina … had three tackles, one sack for -2 yards and one fumble recovery at South Florida.
2019 – Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams … recorded seven tackles … had season-highs of two tackles against both Oklahoma State and Navy.
2018 – Played in all 12 games as a true freshman … tallied 11 tackles, two stops for -3 yards and one fumble recovery … played in the season opener and had three stops and one stop for -1 yard against Central Arkansas … had two tackles and one fumble recovery vs. UConn.
HIGH SCHOOL –?Was a three-year letterwinner at Liberty Christian High School … played receiver, tight end and safety … started three years on offense and two years on defense …?had 104 tackles and five interceptions from his safety position as a senior … earned first-team all-district and all-state honors his senior season … was named the Team MVP as a senior … was credited with 168 yards receiving and two TDs on nine catches as a junior in 2016 and also tallied 90 tackles and four interceptions … completed his junior season with 90 tackles, seven pass break-ups and four interceptions … high school was Barton Hundley.
PERSONAL – Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys … favorite NFL player is Jason Witten … favorite movie is Rocky … wiffle ball was his favorite childhood game … began playing football at age 6 … uses the word “determined” to best describe himself … his favorite superhero is Captain America … pizza is his favorite food … his older brother, Garrett, played football at Angelo State … parents are Greg and Stephanie Sawyer … received his degree in management last May … working on his MBA … born March 4, 1999 in Orange County, California.
