2019 Football Roster
Walter Grant
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cairo, Ga.
- High School:
- Cairo
Career High
* 4 tackles vs. Missouri, 2018
2019: Played in 12 of 13 games, with three starts, and finished with seven tackles, including a QB sack vs. Murray State that resulted in a 6-yard loss...one of his two stops at Tennessee resulted in a 4-yard loss...also had five QB pressures...was named one of three team captains for the Arkansas State game...co-winner of Special Teams Most Improved Player award, given at team’s post-season awards gala...spent part of spring practice working at a running back position.
2018: Started at SLB in eight of 14 games and finished with 21 total tackles...credited with four stops at Missouri...had two tackles vs. Georgia Tech that included a tackle for loss, as well as a QB pressure...had three stops vs. Austin Peay...had a pass breakup vs. Vanderbilt...had a pair of tackles vs. Auburn...one of three winners of the Charley Trippi Award (most versatile) at team's post-season awards gala.
2017: Played in all 15 games, with nine total stops, including 2.5 for lost yardage and three QB pressures...made two assisted tackles vs. Mississippi State...had one tackle for a loss of four yards vs. Samford...at Notre Dame made two solo tackles with one tackle for a loss of three yards...made one tackle in first collegiate game at Appalachian State...recipient of the Porter Otis Payne scholarship.
High School: Cairo, coached by Tom Fallaw...PrepStar Magazine 4-star prospect, #219 overall player nationally and Top 350 All-American...ESPN.com 4-star prospect, #5 inside linebacker nationally and #22 overall prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com 3-star prospect, #17 inside linebacker nationally and #39 overall prospect in Georgia...247Sports.com 4-star prospect, #13 outside linebacker nationally, #200 overall prospect nationally and #21 overall prospect in Georgia...Scout.com 4-star prospect, #6 outside linebacker nationally and #100 overall prospect nationally...Dawg Post #9 overall prospect in Georgia...Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2016 All-State Class AAAA Player of the Year and All-State Class AAAA defense...Georgia Sportswriters Association 2016 All-State Class AAAA honorable mention... A two-way player at Cairo, posted 512 rushing yards on 82 carries with seven touchdowns in addition to 3.5 sacks and an interception in 2016...led team to an 11-2 record and a trip to the state quarterfinals in 2016.
Personal: WALTER LEE GRANT...Major: Health & Physical Education...recipient of the Watkins Family Football Scholarship.
