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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Miami, Florida, U.S. | December 23, 1969||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: |
Miami Southridge ( Miami, Florida) | ||||||||||||
College: | West Virginia | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1992 / Round: 10 / Pick: 253 | ||||||||||||
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Stephen Mitchell Grant (born December 23, 1969) is a former American football linebacker for the West Virginia Mountaineers and Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League. [1] As of 2019, Grant is the chaplain for the Texas Tech University football program in Lubbock, Texas. [2]
Grant was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1992 NFL Draft. [3] [4] Grant was the Colts' Hard Nose Player of the Year in 1994, when he recorded a fumble recovery. [5] In 1995, Grant started all 16 games of the season and recorded his first career professional interception. Injuries ended Grant's career early in 1997 however, after spending six seasons in the NFL.