Monmouth University Athletics

Sixth in program history with 273 career tackles

2022 (Graduate Student)

• Monmouth's Joan Martin Award Winner
• Team Captain
• Led the team with 81 tackles, including 38 solo stops
• Had 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks
• Contributed two pass breakups
• Led the Hawks in tackles in six different games
• Had 11 tackles in the season-opener at New Hampshire (9/1)
• Registered four tackles and a sack in the win over Georgetown (9/17)
• Totaled 12 tackles in the win at #10/9 Villanova (9/24)
• Had a team season-high and tied his career-high with 13 tackles opposite Towson (10/29)
• Totaled seven tackles and a sack in the win over Stony Brook (11/19)

2021 (Fifth-Year Senior)

• Was injured in preseason camp sidelining him for the entire 2021 season

Spring 2021 (Senior)

• Started all four games at linebacker
• First Team All-Big South Conference
• Led Monmouth with 32 tackles, including 21 solo stops
• Also had two sacks on the season
• Led a Monmouth defense that finished the season 13th in rushing
• Fourth in the Big South in total tackles
• His 5.2 tackles per game was second in the Big South
• Recorded 12 tackles (8 solo) in win over Gardner-Webb (4/3)
• Had eight tackles and a sack against Kennesaw State (4/10)

2019 (Redshirt Senior)

• Started all 14 games at linebacker for the Hawks
• Second Team All-Big South selection
• Two-time Big South Defensive Player of the Week honoree
• Led Monmouth with 115 tackles and 13.5 tackles for a loss
• His 13.5 TFL is the ninth most in school history for one season and the most since the 2013 season
• Recorded third most tackles in the Big South
• Tied for first in the conference with three forced fumbles
• Credited with three QB hurries and a six pass breakups
• Recorded a career-high 18 tackles in two separate games, including Monmouth's second-round NCAA playoff game against JMU (12/7)
• Had a sack and a forced fumble to go with seven tackles against Western Michigan (8/31)
• Registered 10 tackles against Montana (9/21)
• Had eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss in Monmouth's playoff win over Holy Cross (11/30)

2018 (Junior)

• Played in nine games while earning starts in the first five games of the season
• Made first collegiate appearance against Eastern Michigan (8/31)
• Had eight tackles against the Eagles
• Named Big South Defensive Player of the Week after getting two tackles for loss and four tackles in the win against Lafayette (9/15)
• Finished tied for 20^th in the Big South with 45 tackles on the season
• Finished with a career-high 13 tackles against Princeton (9/22)
• Recorded 3.5 tackles for a loss

2017 (Sophomore)

• Missed all of his sophomore campaign with an injury

2016 (Freshman)

• Sat out entire season with an injury

High School

• Played linebacker under coach Eric Wallich at Damascas High School
• Helped lead the Hornets to a 14-0 record and a state championship as a senior
• Consensus All-State selection
• Had 81 tackles, 20 tackles for a loss, eight sacks and an interception in 2015
• All-League and All-Montgomery County selection
• Holds the school record with 210 career tackles
• Damascus was 46-4 while Grimes was a Hornet, including a No. 1 ranking by the Washington Post

Personal

• Grandson of Wanda Grimes
• Graduated with a degree in health and physical education
• Attending graduate school at Monmouth