Cie Grant

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Cie Grant
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1979-11-27) November 27, 1979 (age 43)
Dover, Ohio
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: New Philadelphia (OH)
College: Ohio State
NFL Draft: 2003  / Round: 3 / Pick: 22
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:3
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Willie "Cie" Grant (born November 27, 1979) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints. [1] [2] He was drafted in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. [3] He played college football at Ohio State University. During the final fourth down play in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, a blitzing Grant applied quick pressure on Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey, forcing an incompletion and clinching the BCS National Championship. [4] [5] He graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1998. While at NPHS he participated in numerous sports as well as performing with Delphian Chorale, the high school's select choir.[ citation needed ]

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References

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