Kevin Grant

Height:
6-2
Weight:
250
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Herndon, Va.
High School:
Herndon HS

Tabbed preseason second team All-Mid-American Conference by Athlon ... Has 234 tackles in his three seasons, best among current Zips, with 27.5 TFL to his credit ... Has ranked among the team’s top four in stops each of his first three years, ranking third in 2007, second in 2006 and fourth in 2005.

Junior (2007): Was tabbed third team All-MAC in 2007 by the league’s coaches ... Ranked third on the team with 74 stops ... Played and started all 12 games ... Had 11 tackles at Indiana, despite leaving that contest with an injury that slowed the junior the next two games ... He also had double digit stops with 10 at Bowling Green, the best by a Zip that contest ... Had at least six tackles in a game eight times and at least one tackle for loss in four of Akron’s last six games, including two each at Buffalo, at Bowling Green and at Miami ... Only had four tackles versus Kent State, coming off the injury from Indiana, but rallied with six tackles at Connecticut, seven at Western Michigan, six versus Temple and seven at Buffalo.

Sophomore (2006): Was named the defense’s Most Valuable Back (Linebackers and Secondary) by the UA coaching staff for the 2006 season ... Started all 12 games at Mike linebacker and ranked second on the team with 87 tackles, one shy of team leader John Mackey’s 88 ... Additionally ranked 22nd in the MAC with his average of 7.2 tackles per contest ... Tied for second on the team with eight tackles for losses ... Established a career high with 15 tackles versus Kent State, including a career-high eight solo stops ... Only recorded one tackle in the season opener, at Penn State, but rallied to register seven tackles, including five solo, in UA’s win at North Carolina State ... At NC State, made what perhaps proved to be a game-winning tackle midway through the fourth quarter as the Wolfpack were denied on fourth and one on Akron’s four ... The Zips would then drive 96 yards, score and go up 14-10 ... Followed that with a 10-tackle performance at Central Michigan ... After his career-best 15 tackles at Kent State, followed that with a 13-tackle outing at Cincinnati ... Logged back-to-back games with eight stops versus Toledo and Bowling Green.

Redshirt Freshman (2005): Started all 13 games at the bandit position ... Third team CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American ... The Sporting News Honorable Mention Freshman All-American ... Fourth on the team in tackles with 73 ... Ranked third in sacks with 4.5 ... Tallied a season-high seven solo tackles at Middle Tennessee State, finishing with eight total stops ... Also picked up his first career sack for a six-yard loss in the victory ... After an Akron PAT was blocked, caught a pass from linebacker Jay Rohr to score a two-point conversion, pulling UA to within six (14-8) early in a game that would eventually end with a Zip victory in double overtime ... Forced a fumble to go along with six tackles, including an 11-yard sack, at Buffalo ... Recorded nine tackles at Ball State, recording 2.5 quarterback sacks for a loss of 10 yards ... Came up with a forced fumble versus Kent State, which led to a UA touchdown in the Zips’ MAC East-clinching 35-3 win ... Posted a Season-high 10 tackles, including five solo stops versus Memphis the Motor City Bowl ... Earned the Harry “Doc” Smith Award as the top freshman on the squad.

Freshman (2004): Redshirted.

Prior to Akron: Earned first-team all-district, all-region and All-State as a senior ... Named to the 2003 George Michael “Golden 11” ... Tabbed Defensive Player of the Year for his district and region ... Broke the Herndon HS single-season tackle record with 139 stops in 2003 ... Also played basketball ... Coached by Thomas Meier.

TACKLES G/GS UA A Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Blkd
2005 13/13 37 36 73 11.5-41 4.5-30 2 2 1 0
2006 12/12 44 43 87 8.0-44 0.0-0 1 1 0 0
2007 12/12 48 26 74 8.0-13 0.0-0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 37/37 129 105 234 27.5-98 4.5-30 4 3 1 0