Diego
Grateron
Diego Grateron is a redshirt junior inside linebacker on Utah State's 2026 football roster and a 2026 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, earned with a 3.65 cumulative GPA as a kinesiology and exercise science major. The South Jordan native played at Bingham High School and spent two seasons at Snow College before joining the Aggies.
Who is Diego Grateron?
Diego Grateron is a Linebacker for Utah State's football program from South Jordan, Utah. 2026 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.65 GPA); Snow College 2023-24: 5 games, 11 tackles, 1.5 TFL, fumble recovery, blocked kick
From Bingham High to Utah State
Grateron wears No. 13 for Utah State football, which lists him as a 5-foot-9, 220-pound redshirt junior inside linebacker from South Jordan, Utah. His official roster entry names his high school and junior college together: Bingham High School and Snow College.
A Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
In August 2026 the Mountain West named Grateron a Scholar-Athlete for the 2025-26 academic year, one of Utah State's 205 Scholar-Athlete honors, with a 3.65 cumulative GPA as a kinesiology and exercise science major. The honor requires at least two academic terms at the school and a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better, according to Utah State's announcement.
Bingham High School
Grateron made 99 tackles, 45 of them solo, over his junior and senior seasons at Bingham. As a senior he had 74 tackles (35 solo), five sacks, six pass breakups and an interception, and his career high was 11 tackles against Weber High School, according to his Utah State biography.
Two seasons at Snow College
At Snow College in Ephraim, Grateron wore No. 48. Snow's official statistics list him with eight tackles (four solo), half a tackle for loss, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick in four games in 2023, and three tackles with a tackle for loss in one game in 2024. Utah State's biography totals his Snow career at five games, 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a blocked punt, and notes that he helped the Badgers to a 9-2 record and a No. 5 national ranking as a sophomore. See Snow College football for the Badgers today.
Utah State
Grateron redshirted in 2025 and did not appear in a game, according to Utah State. In 2026 the Aggies' participation records list him in their first two games, against Idaho State on September 5 and at Washington on September 12. His route from a South Jordan high school through a Utah junior college to a Division I roster is one of the paths on our Utah JUCO pipeline guide.
At a glance
Key achievements
- 2026 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.65 cumulative GPA, kinesiology and exercise science major)
- No. 13 on Utah State's 2026 football roster: redshirt junior inside linebacker, 5-9, 220, from South Jordan, Utah
- Snow College (2023-24): five games, 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick
- Member of Snow College's 2024 team, which went 9-2 and reached a No. 5 national ranking, per Utah State
- Bingham High School: 99 tackles over his junior and senior seasons, including 74 tackles and five sacks as a senior
Official sources
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- Utah State Athletics: Diego Grateron roster page (2026)utahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: Utah State finishes second in the Mountain West with 205 Scholar-Athlete honorees (Aug. 10, 2026)utahstateaggies.com
- Mountain West: 2025-26 Scholar-Athlete Team announced (Aug. 10, 2026)themw.com
- Snow College Athletics: 2023 football cumulative statisticssnowbadgers.com
- Snow College Athletics: 2024 football cumulative statisticssnowbadgers.com
What each source confirms
- Utah State Athletics: Diego Grateron roster page (2026)
- Read 2026-10-16 on the 2026 roster: No. 13, ILB, 5-9, 220, Redshirt Junior, South Jordan, Utah, Bingham HS/Snow College. Honors: Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2026). 2025 redshirt, no games. Snow: two seasons, five games, 11 tackles (6 solo), 1.5 TFL, one fumble recovery, one blocked punt; 9-2 and No. 5 national ranking as a sophomore. Bingham: 99 tackles (45 solo) junior and senior; senior 74 (35 solo), 5.0 sacks, six PBU, one INT; career-high 11 vs Weber HS. 2026 participation: 09/05 Idaho St., 09/12 Washington; no individual statistics listed.
- Utah State Athletics: Utah State finishes second in the Mountain West with 205 Scholar-Athlete honorees (Aug. 10, 2026)
- 'Diego Grateron, Jr., Kinesiology – Exercise Science, 3.65'; awarded by the league office; eligibility: at least two academic terms and a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better.
- Mountain West: 2025-26 Scholar-Athlete Team announced (Aug. 10, 2026)
- Issuing body. Combined list PDF row: 'Football | Utah State | Grateron, Diego | Junior | 3.65 (Cum. GPA) | Kinesiology- Exercise Science'; eligibility at least two academic terms and a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better.
- Snow College Athletics: 2023 football cumulative statistics
- Read 2026-10-16: No. 48 Grateron, GP 4, Solo 4, Ast 4, Tot 8.0, TFL 0.5-1, FR 1, blocked kick 1.
- Snow College Athletics: 2024 football cumulative statistics
- Read 2026-10-16: No. 48 Grateron, GP 1, Solo 2, Ast 1, Tot 3.0, TFL 1.0-3.
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