Donovan Grayson holds the SLB · Starter spot in Coastal Carolina Chanticleers’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Donovan Grayson is a 6'3", 240-pound strong-side linebacker from Stafford, Virginia, who attended Brooke Point High School where he played defensive end and tight end. He began his college career at West Virginia, redshirting as a freshman in 2023 and seeing no game action as a redshirt freshman in 2024. Grayson transferred to Samford for the 2025 season, where he recorded 43 tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss, and 7.0 sacks while earning First Team All-Southern Conference honors. He is now a returning redshirt junior at Coastal Carolina.

Samfordthrough 2025

Coastal Carolina2026 — present