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Frank Grant (American football)

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Frank Grant
No. 46, 83
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1950-02-15) February 15, 1950 (age 74)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:East Side (NJ)
College:Colorado State-Pueblo
NFL draft:1972 / round: 13 / pick: 332
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:149
Receiving yards:2,486
Receiving TDs:18
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Frank Grant (born February 15, 1950) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Southern Colorado and was drafted in the 13th round of the 1972 NFL draft.

Early life

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Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Grant was raised in Newark, New Jersey and attended East Side High School, where he played organized football for the first time despite having been told as a freshman that he was too small, at 140 pounds (64 kg), to play the sport competitively.[1]

NFL career statistics

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Legend
Led the league
Bold Career high

Regular season

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Year Team Games Receiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1973 WAS 13 0 1 12 12.0 12 1
1974 WAS 14 1 9 196 21.8 69 1
1975 WAS 14 9 41 776 18.9 96 8
1976 WAS 14 14 50 818 16.4 53 5
1977 WAS 14 14 34 480 14.1 59 3
1978 WAS 6 6 6 92 15.3 23 0
TAM 10 4 8 112 14.0 20 0
85 48 149 2,486 16.7 96 18

Playoffs

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Year Team Games Receiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1973 WAS 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
1974 WAS 1 0 1 15 15.0 15 0
1976 WAS 1 1 6 70 11.7 21 1
3 1 7 85 12.1 21 1

References

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  1. ^ Shapiro, Leonard. "Redskin Grant Has Overcome Long Odds", The Washington Post, October 7, 1977. Accessed October "'If you knew where he came from, what his background was, you'd know what I'm talking about,' said Bert Nanhoff, Grant's football coach at East Side High in Newark and now a guidance counselor at a suburban school in northern New Jersey.... That determination showed up early, because Manhoff once told Grant, then a puny 140-pound freshman, that he was simply too small to play high school football."