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| Seattle Seahawks — No. 24 | |
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| Date of birth: March 14, 1979 | |
| Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia | |
| Height: 6 ft 2 in (1. The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle Washington, USA In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Augusta Georgia is a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 88 m) | Weight: 210 lb (95 kg) |
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| Career history | |
| College: Tennessee | |
| NFL Draft: 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57 | |
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| Tackles | 483 |
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| INTs | 21 |
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Deon D'Marquis Grant[1] (born March 14, 1979 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American football cornerback/safety in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Augusta Georgia is a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A cornerback ( CB) (also referred to as a corner) is a positional role played by a member of the defensive team in American and Canadian Safety ( S) is an American and Canadian football position played by a member of the defense. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle Washington, USA
Grant attended Josey High School in Augusta, Georgia and then played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1997-1999. Augusta Georgia is a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The University of Tennessee (also known as UT) sometimes called the University of Tennessee Knoxville ( UT Knoxville, or UTK) is the flagship Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Grant was selected as an All-American in 1999 after he tied for the NCAA lead with nine interceptions for 167 return yards. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Grant finished the 1999 campaign 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. The Southeastern Conference (SEC is a College Athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in College football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision His leaping interception in UT's overtime win over Florida in 1998 was a crucial play in the Vols' march to the national championship. The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the Southeastern Conference 's Eastern division Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
Grant left Tennessee after his junior year to go to the NFL and was drafted in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The 2000 National Football League Draft was held on April 15 and April 16 2000 The Carolina Panthers are a professional football team based in Charlotte North Carolina, representing both North Carolina and South Carolina in the He then was sent to Jacksonville, where he played for 3 seasons and was sometimes called a great safety. Grant was picked up in free agency by the Seattle Seahawks in 2007. In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle Washington, USA Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Grant is believed to have received the biggest signing bonus ever given to an NFL safety. A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company
References
- ^ Grant on Pro-Football-Reference. pro-football-reference. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen
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