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Deon Grant

Deon Grant
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Grant with the Seahawks in November 2008.
No. 27, 37, 24, 34
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Augusta (GA) Josey
College: Tennessee
NFL Draft: 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 771
Sacks: 6.5
INTs: 30
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Tackles: 771
Sacks: 6.5
INTs: 30
Player stats at NFL.com

Deon D'Marquis Grant (born March 14, 1979) is a former American football safety who played 12 seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, was a member of Tennessee's national championship team and earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and also played professionally for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants of the NFL. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Giants against the New England Patriots.

Grant attended the University of Tennessee, and played for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1997 to 2000. He was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1999 after he tied for the NCAA lead with nine interceptions for 167 return yards. He finished the 1999 season with 69 tackles and eight pass breakups. He had two picks in three different games and earned SEC Defensive Player of the week after intercepting three passes versus Auburn. His leaping interception in UT's overtime win over Florida in 1998 was a crucial play in the Vols' march to the BCS National Championship. Grant left Tennessee and declared for the NFL Draft following his junior year.


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