Number: | 58 |
Position: | Linebacker |
Birth Date: | 27 November 1979 |
Birth Place: | Dover, Ohio, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lbs: | 235 |
High School: | New Philadelphia (OH) |
College: | Ohio State |
Draftyear: | 2003 |
Draftround: | 3 |
Draftpick: | 22 |
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Statlabel1: | Tackles |
Statvalue1: | 3 |
Pfr: | GranCi20 |
Willie "Cie" Grant (born November 27, 1979) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints.[1] [2] He was drafted in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft.[3] He played college football at Ohio State University. During the final fourth down play in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, a blitzing Grant applied quick pressure on Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey, forcing an incompletion and clinching the BCS National Championship.[4] [5] He graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1998. While at NPHS he participated in numerous sports as well as performing with Delphian Chorale, the high school's select choir.