Steve Grant | |
Number: | 59 |
Position: | Linebacker |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1969 |
Birth Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
High School: | Miami Southridge (Miami, Florida) |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lbs: | 240 |
College: | West Virginia |
Draftyear: | 1992 |
Draftround: | 10 |
Draftpick: | 253 |
Pastteams: | |
Highlights: | |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 83 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 47 |
Statlabel3: | Tackles |
Statvalue3: | 233 |
Statlabel4: | Sacks |
Statvalue4: | 3.0 |
Statlabel5: | Interceptions |
Statvalue5: | 1 |
Statlabel6: | Fumble recoveries |
Statvalue6: | 6 |
Pfr: | GranSt20 |
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 (NFL).[2] As of 2019, Grant is the chaplain for the Texas Tech University football program in Lubbock, Texas.[3]
Grant was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1992 NFL draft.[4] [5] Grant was the Colts' Hard Nose Player of the Year in 1994, when he recorded a fumble recovery.[6] 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.