Frank Grant (American football)

Receptions:	149
Receiving yards:	2,486
Receiving TDs:	18

Frank Grant
No. 46, 83
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	February 15, 1950; 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
	Washington Redskins (1973–1978); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1978);
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
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.

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
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1973	WAS	13	0	1	12	12.0	12	1
1974	WAS	14	1	9	196	21.8	69	1
1975	WAS	14	9	41	776	18.9	96	8
1976	WAS	14	14	50	818	16.4	53	5
1977	WAS	14	14	34	480	14.1	59	3
1978	WAS	6	6	6	92	15.3	23	0
1978	TAM	10	4	8	112	14.0	20	0
		85	48	149	2,486	16.7	96	18

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games		Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1973	WAS	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
1974	WAS	1	0	1	15	15.0	15	0
1976	WAS	1	1	6	70	11.7	21	1
		3	1	7	85	12.1	21	1

References

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."

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[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."