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
Player stats at PFR

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.

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Early life

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

Legend
Led the league
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1973 WAS 13011212.0121
1974 WAS 141919621.8691
1975 WAS 1494177618.9968
1976 WAS 14145081816.4535
1977 WAS 14143448014.1593
1978 WAS 6669215.3230
TAM 104811214.0200
85481492,48616.79618

Playoffs

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1973 WAS 10000.000
1974 WAS 1011515.0150
1976 WAS 1167011.7211
3178512.1211

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References

  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."