Deon Grant: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (2004-2006) |
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (2004-2006) |
||
* [[Seattle Seahawks]] (2007-2010) |
* [[Seattle Seahawks]] (2007-2010) |
||
* [[New York Giants]] (2010-current) |
|||
|statweek=17 |
|statweek=17 |
||
|statseason=2007 |
|statseason=2007 |
||
| Line 36: | Line 37: | ||
Grant left Tennessee after his junior year to go to the [[National Football League|NFL]] and was drafted in the second round of the [[2000 NFL Draft]] by the [[Carolina Panthers]]. He then was sent to Jacksonville, where he played for 3 seasons and was sometimes called a great safety. Grant was picked up in [[free agent|free agency]] by the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in 2007. He was cut March 15, 2010 mostly because of his large contract. He finished his tenure in Seattle with 224 tackles, eight interceptions and one fumble recovery. |
Grant left Tennessee after his junior year to go to the [[National Football League|NFL]] and was drafted in the second round of the [[2000 NFL Draft]] by the [[Carolina Panthers]]. He then was sent to Jacksonville, where he played for 3 seasons and was sometimes called a great safety. Grant was picked up in [[free agent|free agency]] by the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in 2007. He was cut March 15, 2010 mostly because of his large contract. He finished his tenure in Seattle with 224 tackles, eight interceptions and one fumble recovery. |
||
Grant is believed to have received the biggest [[signing bonus]] ever given to an NFL safety. |
Grant is believed to have received the biggest [[signing bonus]] ever given to an NFL safety. |
||
Grant signed with the New York Giants on April 1st, 2010. |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 19:42, 1 April 2010
 Grant in November 2008 | |||||||
| Career information | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College: | Tennessee | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 2 / pick: 57 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
| |||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2007 | |||||||
| |||||||
Deon D'Marquis Grant[1] (born March 14, 1979 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American football cornerback/safety in the NFL who is a Free Agent.
Grant attended T. W. Josey High School in Augusta, Georgia and then played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1997-1999. Grant was selected as an All-American in 1999 after he tied for the NCAA lead with nine interceptions for 167 return yards. Grant finished the 1999 campaign with 69 tackles and eight pass breakups. He had two picks in three different games and earned SEC Defensive Player of the week after intercepting three passes versus Auburn. His leaping interception in UT's overtime win over Florida in 1998 was a crucial play in the Vols' march to the national championship.
Grant left Tennessee after his junior year to go to the NFL and was drafted in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. He then was sent to Jacksonville, where he played for 3 seasons and was sometimes called a great safety. Grant was picked up in free agency by the Seattle Seahawks in 2007. He was cut March 15, 2010 mostly because of his large contract. He finished his tenure in Seattle with 224 tackles, eight interceptions and one fumble recovery.
Grant is believed to have received the biggest signing bonus ever given to an NFL safety.
Grant signed with the New York Giants on April 1st, 2010.
References
- ^ "Grant on Pro-Football-Reference". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
 | This biographical article relating to an American football defensive back born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |