Jerome Gantt | |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1948 |
Birth Place: | Greensboro, North Carolina |
Position1: | Tackle |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 266 |
College: | North Carolina Central |
Playing Years1: | 1970 |
Playing Team1: | Buffalo Bills (NFL) |
Playing Years2: | - |
Playing Team2: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
Playing Team3: | Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) |
Playing Years4: | 1974 |
Playing Team4: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
Playing Years5: | 1974 |
Playing Team5: | Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
Playing Years6: | 1975 |
Playing Team6: | Charlotte Hornets (WFL) |
Career Highlights: | Grey Cup champion |
Honors: | 1977 - Grey Cup Champion |
Databasefootball: | GANTTJER01 |
Jerome Gantt (born October 20, 1948) is a retired National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) offensive tackle and Grey Cup champion.
Gantt played college football at North Carolina Central University and was chosen in the fourth round (80th overall) of the 1970 NFL draft by the NFL's Buffalo Bills, where he played 6 games as a back-up. In 1972, he moved to Canada with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and won the Grey Cup with them that year. In 1974, he played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He also joined the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL and was part of their 1974 Grey Cup winning team. He finished his career in 1975 with the Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League.[1]