Charles Grant (American football)
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||
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Born: | Colquitt, Georgia, U.S. | September 3, 1978||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 290 lb (132 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Colquitt (GA) Miller County | ||||
College: | Georgia | ||||
NFL draft: | 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Charles Gabriel Grant (born September 3, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2002 NFL draft. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Grant was also a member of the Miami Dolphins, Omaha Nighthawks and Chicago Bears.
Early years
Played for Miller County High School in Colquitt, Georgia in 1998, where he was both an offensive and defensive player. He later played both offense and defense at Hargrave Military Academy in 1998. Was a Parade Magazine 1997 All-American. He tied Herschel Walker's state single-season touchdown record with 45 in 1997 and added 3,472 all-purpose yards. Totaled 101 touchdowns in his three-year career at Miller County (Ga.) HS.
College career
Three-year letterman and two-year starter at the University of Georgia. Ended career with 136 tackles, 27 tackles-for-loss and 15 sacks. Sack total ranks sixth on the school's all-time list. Totaled 63 tackles and six sacks as a junior in 2001. As a freshman, recorded 33 tackles and seven sacks, while also seeing duty in offensive backfield, rushing for 79 yards and three touchdowns at fullback. Majored in arts and sciences. [1]
Professional career
New Orleans Saints
Grant was drafted by the Saints with the 25th pick overall in the
Miami Dolphins
After he left the Saints, Grant briefly appeared on the roster of the
Omaha Nighthawks
Grant signed with the
Chicago Bears
Grant signed with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League on October 5, 2010. He was released on October 19.
NFL career statistics
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Led the league | |
Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2002 | NOR | 16 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
2003 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 61 | 48 | 13 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 80 | 66 | 14 | 10.5 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NOR | 16 | 14 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
2006 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 65 | 50 | 15 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | NOR | 14 | 14 | 48 | 39 | 9 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | NOR | 8 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
118 | 106 | 430 | 335 | 95 | 47.0 | 66 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 57 | 1 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2006 | NOR | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Legal troubles
Grant was indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a February 2008 altercation at a nightclub in which a pregnant woman was shot to death outside a Blakely, Georgia nightclub. Korynda Reed, 23, and her unborn fetus died after being taken to the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan after the fight early in the morning of February 3, 2008. Grant has said that he was neither an instigator nor a participant in the fight. Grant was arraigned on August 15, 2008.[8] The criminal case was resolved in May 2010 when Grant pleaded guilty to a charge of public affray, he was assessed a $1,000 fine and a year's probation, and ordered to pay $20,000 for the cost of the investigation by the sheriff's office; the more serious involuntary murder charge was dismissed. Grant still faced a civil suit by the family of the victim.[9][10]
References
- ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "Grant's busy offseason included surgeries". Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ NFL Suspends Six Players for Doping Violations, Sports Illustrated, December 2, 2008.
- Times-Picayune, June 17, 2010.
- ^ New Orleans Saints; Charles Grant, Jake Delhomme, Mark Simoneau Archived March 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Bayou Buzz.com, March 5, 2010.
- NFL.com, July 28, 2010.
- Palm Beach Post, September 6, 2010.
- Times-Picayune, July 22, 2008.
- ^ Romney Smith, "Charles Grant is a free man" Archived 2010-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, WFXL, May 7, 2010.
- ^ "Ex-Miller, UGA, NFL star Grant reaches resolution in Early County involuntary manslaughter case", The Albany Herald, May 8, 2010.