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NFL Draft Scout
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Richie Grant, DS #3 FS, Central Florida 
Selected: Round 2, Pick 8, Overall Pick 40 by Falcons
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Name: Richie Grant
College: Central Florida Number: 27
Height: 6-0 Weight: 197
Position: FS Pos2: SS/KR
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2021
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.57 40 High: 4.64
> Projected Round: 2-3 Stock: 
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 5115
Weight: 197
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Dates: 04/01/21
Hand: 09 3/8 Arm: 32 5/8
Wingspan: 77 5/8
Height: 5115
Weight: 197
40 Yrd Dash: 4.57
20 Yrd Dash: 2.53
10 Yrd Dash: 1.54
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 12
Vertical Jump: 34 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'09"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.27
3-Cone Drill: 6.78
40 Time Range: 4.54-4.59/Projected 4.57
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Data Scout Notes: **2020: ThorpeFinalist/1stC...LottImpactSemifinalist/BednarikSemifinalist/ThorpeSemifinalist...PNagurski/PThorpe/PLott/PBednarik...2019: 1stC...P1stDS/PWCamp/PNagurski/PThorpe/PLott/PBednarik...1st team All-AAC w/78 TT, 4 TFL, INT returned for a TD, 8 PB U
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Richie Grant, Central Florida, Player News
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Former UCF players Richie Grant, Aaron Robinson and Tre Nixon have been invited to participate in this year's virtual NFL scouting combine. The trio was among 323 college players selected for the event by the NFL. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the NFL announced there will be no in-person workouts at the combine. Those will take place during pro days at the individual schools. The Knights are hosting their pro day April 1. All interviews and psychological testing will take place virtually with there being limited in-person medical exams. - Orlando Sentinel
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021  FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 JIM THORPE AWARD (TOP DEFENSIVE BACK) FINALIST: Richie Grant, safety, UCF,...Grant, a unanimous first-team all-conference selection in The American, led the Knights with 72 total tackles, 49 unassisted and 3.5 for a loss during the regular season. H e had three interceptions, his first-career sack, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): S Richie Grant, UCF,...Grant, a semifinalist for both the Jim Thorpe Award that goes to the best defensive back and the Bednarik Award as the nation's top defensive player, leads the Knights wit h 72 tackles, 49 solo, and 3.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions, six pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Richie Grant, DB, UCF,...Grant is currently 26th in the nation in solo tackles, 19th in interceptions and seventh in fumble recoveries. He had three interceptions, his first-career sack, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD SEMIFINALIST: S Richie Grant, UCF,...Grant led the Knights with 72 total tackles, 49 unassisted and 3.5 for a loss. He had three interceptions, his first-career sack, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveri es. Grant is currently 26th in the nation in solo tackles, 19th in interceptions and seventh in fumble recoveries. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Richie Grant, UCF, R-Senior,...Grant was named one of 12 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award and one of 18 semifinalists for the Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. Grant led the Knights with 72 total tackles, 49 unassisted and 3.5 for a loss. He had three interceptions, his first-career sack, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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UCF safety Richie Grant isn't sure what happened on the play that knocked him out of the game during the third quarter of the Knights' loss to Tulsa on Oct. 10. But he does remember how badly he wanted to stay on the field and compete with his brothers. "All I can remember from that moment was I was telling the training staff, 'Let me get a couple of plays in. I don't want to let my brothers down,'" Grant recalled. "I didn't want to leave the field at all. "When I became aware of what was happening, I r emember that was the only thought I had. I had to get back out there. I knew it was a crucial moment and I didn't want to let my team down."A vicious hit left Grant on the ground for several minutes and took the air out of the stadium. Teammates h uddled together under a constant drizzle, many on one knee watching as the training staff checked on their fallen teammate. Grant eventually got up and left the field under his own power. While he did return to the sidelines, he didn't return to action. UCF defensive back Richie Grant (27) runs during the Knights' loss to Tulsa on Oct. 3 at the Bounce House in Orlando. "I got a lot of text messages and calls; people telling me they were scared," Grant said. "To me, it felt like I was out a little bit an d came back. I understood why they were scared like that. I remember the play before, but I didn't remember the play that happened." - Orlando Sentinel
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Richie Grant, Central Florida,...A two-time first-team all-conference honoree in the American Athletic Conference, Grant has started in 25 of the last 26 games for the UCF football team. He has totaled 187 tackles, seven inte rceptions and 11 pass break-ups in the last two seasons. He was also named to the preseason watch list for the Lott Impact Trophy. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DB Richie Grant, UCF,...Grant was named to the Nagurski Trophy watch list for the second straight season. A two-time first-team all-conference honoree in the American Athletic Conference, he has started i n 25 of the last 26 games for UCF. He has totaled 187 tackles, seven interceptions and 11 pass break-ups in the last two seasons. Grant has also been named to the preseason watch lists for the Lott Impact Trophy and Bednarik Award in 2020. - UCF Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Richie Grant, UCF, Sr.,...Grant, a two-time first-team all-conference honoree in the American Athletic Conference, has started in 25 of the last 26 games for the UCF. He has totaled 187 tackles, seven in terceptions and 11 pass break-ups in the last two seasons. He was also named to the preseason watch lists for the Lott Impact Trophy and Bednarik Award. - UCF Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2020 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: S Richie Grant, UCF,...A two-time first-team all-conference honoree in the American Athletic Conference, Grant has started in 25 of the last 26 games for the UCF football team. He has totaled 187 tackles, seven i nterceptions and 11 pass break-ups in the last two seasons. He was also named to the preseason watch list for the Lott Impact Trophy. - UCF Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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UCF safety Richie Grant was named to the Bednarik Award watch list Monday, earning the designation for the second consecutive year. The award is given to the nation's top college defender. UCF safety Richie Grant has been named to the Bednarik Award watc h list for the second consecutive season. The award, which is presented annually by the Maxwell Club, honors the nation's top college football defender. The redshirt senior started 25 games during the past two seasons for the Knights, totaling 187 tackle s, seven interceptions and four forced fumbles during that stretch. He also earned back-to-back first-team All-American Athletic Conference honors as well. - Orlando Sentinel
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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UCF athletic director Danny White has signed a five-year contract that will pay him more than $1 million annually. White's base salary will start at $1.081 million and increase by 5% every year on the rollover date. The deal includes a $2.5 million buyou t, which White or his new employer would owe UCF if he leaves the school before May 11, 2021 to become an athletic director at another school, an executive with a professional team, college conference or the NCAA, or an executive with a sports marketing, sports management company, broadcasting or social media company.One of Duke AD Kevin White's five children, Danny White has helped UCF reach new heights since taking over in 2015. The football program has been one of the nation's best over the la st three years, including going undefeated in 2017 and prompting White to declare the Knights national champions. The men's basketball team made the NCAA Tournament last year and barely lost to Duke in the second round. He also helped raise $31.7 million in financial commitments in 2019, nearly double the previous year and nearly four times what UCF raised just three years earlier. - AP College Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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Richie Grant and Tre'mon Morris-Brash had first-quarter defensive touchdowns, Dillon Gabriel lead three third-quarter scoring drives and Central Florida beat Marshall 48-25 in the Gasparilla Bowl on Monday. Grant had a 39-yard interception return on Mars hall's third play from scrimmage 56 seconds into the game and Morris-Brash recovered a fumble and ran it 55 yards for a score that helped UCF go up 21-0 with 7 minutes left in the first quarter. Gabriel threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Otis Anderson, co nnected on a 75-yard score with Marlon Williams, and added a 3-yard TD run as UCF went ahead 45-22 with 6:39 remaining in the third. Gabriel completed 14 of 24 passes for 260 yards as the Knights (10-3) reached 10 or more wins in a school-record third co nsecutive season. Williams caught seven passes for 132 yards and Greg McCrae had 80 rushing yards on 14 carries. Isaiah Green went 9 of 23 for 173 yards with a TD and had a rushing touchdown for Marshall (8-5). Brenden Knox, the Conference USA MVP, had 1 03 yards on 26 carries. - AP College Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2019 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): S Richie Grant, UCF, Jr.,...Grant (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.), also a back-to-back first-team honoree, led the UCF defense in a big improvement from a year ago. The team ranked 34th in the nation in total defense, allowing just 344.8 yards per game, and 38th in scoring defense, giving up 22.8 points per contest. In his third season on the field, Grant totaled 68 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, and eight pass break-ups, while the Knights help oppon ents to just 28 percent on third-down conversions, which ranks sixth in the nation. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT FBS G5 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DB Richie Grant, Central Florida, Jr.,...Grant led the UCF defense in 2018, totaling a team-high 109 tackles and snagging six interceptions, which ranked third in the nation. Grant wa s a First Team All-Conference honoree a year ago after leading the Knights to an 11-0 regular season. - Central Florida Football
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Central Florida again shapes up as the nation's top Group of Five program heading into the season. Just not by nearly as wide a margin as the last couple of years. The Knights haven't lost a regular-season game since 2016 and now must try to continue tha t roll without star quarterback McKenzie Milton, who suffered a severe knee injury in last year's regular-season finale. UCF is trying to bounce back from a Fiesta Bowl loss to LSU that snapped the Knights' 25-game winning streak."We've got great belief in who and what we are as a program," UCF coach Josh Heupel said. "Our players are extremely confident. Since I've been here, I think our players have and probably always will have a little bit of a chip on our shoulder. I don't think that's a bad thing for our program." UCF could face a major challenge from Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference's East Division. Cincinnati returns the nucleus of a team that went 11-2 and beat Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl last season. - AP College F ootball
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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No one quite knew how good Richie Grant would be in his first year as a full-time starter for the UCF Knights. But throughout the 2018 season, he put the nation - and especially opposing quarterbacks - on notice. The redshirt junior safety became one of college football's best ballhawks, tying for third in the nation with six interceptions. Now a lot of people know how good Grant is; he has been placed on preseason national-watch lists for awards that honor either the sport's best defensive back, best d efensive player or best overall player. UCF's own quarterbacks know that they also need to track Grant and his No. 27 jersey in practice, similar to how perhaps the greatest QB of all time would keep his eyes planted on a Hall of Fame safety. "I saw that Tom Brady had his play handbook and it said ‘Find 20' on every play for when he played [former Baltimore Ravens star] Ed Reed,” UCF quarterback Brandon Wimbush said. "That's not something we do here, but when you're out there at the quarterba ck position, you have to seek out where 27 is." As good as his game already is, Grant knows he is not a finished product. Last year's class of NFL Draft-eligible safeties was a relatively weak one and Grant was in a good position to capitalize on his bre akout 2018 campaign. He thought about entering the draft, but he decided to stay at UCF. "I knew I wasn't ready to take that leap," he said. - Orlando Sentinel
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2019 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYERS TO WATCH: Richie Grant, S, Junior, UCF,...Grant has now appeared on four preseason watch lists, including the Bednarik Award, Thorpe Award and Nagurski Trophy. He finished sixth in the nation with a team- high six interceptions in 2018. Grant garnered First Team All-Conference laurels as a redshirt sophomore, after totaling a team-best 109 tackles and a trio of forced fumbles. - UCF Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2019 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST: DB Richie Grant, UCF,...This marks the third national award watch list for Grant this preseason, having already been named to the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award watch lists. Grant led the UCF defense in 2018, totaling a team-high 109 tackles and snagging six interceptions, which ranked third in the nation. Grant was a First Team All-Conference honoree a year ago after leading the Knights to an 11-0 regular season. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2019 PRESEASON PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD WATCH LIST: Richie Grant, UCF, Jr.,...Grant, who was also named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award earlier this month, led the Knights with six interceptions in 2018. The safety had 109 total tackles was a Fir st Team All-AAC honoree following the season. - Central Florida Football
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2019 PRESEASON LOTT IMPACT TROPHY WATCH LIST: RICHIE GRANT, UCF, DB,...Grant returns as UCF’s leader on the defense. Last season he led the Knights with six interceptions, which ranked third in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision. He had 109 total tac kles and earned first team all-conference accolades. - UCF Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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2019 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD CANDIDATE: S Richie Grant, UCF,...Grant, a junior in 2019, returns as UCF’s leader on the defense. Last season he led the Knights with six interceptions, which ranked third in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision. He had 1 09 total tackles and earned first team all-conference accolades. - Central Florida Football
(DS#3 FS) rSr/2021 FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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