Post-OSU Update: Curtis Grant was undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft, but signed with the spent time with several teams and two practice squads in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, he earned his only regular season action with the Giants, playing in ten games and making 18 tackles and recovering a fumble. (updated: Nov. 2023)

Major: Sociology (2014), Communications (2013), Undeclared (2011-12)

Weight: 240 (2014), 241 (2013), 235 (2012), 225 (2011)

2014 Media Guide: Curtis Grant, a physically imposing young man, is a true senior and one of the most experienced players on Ohio State’s defense with 30 games played and 13 starts … he has worked long and hard at his game and his efforts paid off with starting assignments in 12 games in 2013 … he enters his senior campaign with 62 career tackles and four tackles-for-loss.

2013 Media Guide: Curtis Grant is a physically imposing young man who is expected to be the team’s middle linebacker this season … he ranks second on the team in terms of seniority at the position, in part because there are no senior linebackers on the roster … he regained his confidence this past spring, according to Ohio State coaches, and his abilities were much more apparent as he displayed
a renewed passion and energy for the game … he enters the 2013 campaign having played in 18 games and with 10 total tackles … Grant also came out of the 2012 spring drills listed as the Buckeyes’
starting middle linebacker … he started the first three games of the season last year and came off the bench in five of the team’s final nine games … he recorded his personal best of three tackles against both Miami and Central Florida.

2012 Media Guide: Curtis came out of the 2012 spring drills listed as the Buckeyes’ starting middle linebacker … his spring ended short of the spring game because of a pinched nerve, but coaches liked what they saw of Grant before he was sidelined, and that’s a good thing: Coach Urban Meyer said at the start of the drills that Grant “has to be a player for us. If he’s not, we’ve got problems.”

2011: Curtis was considered the top-rated prospect in the Ohio State Class of 2011 recruits, but he wasn’t able to turn that lofty ranking into significant playing time as a freshman, and as a result managed mostly special teams action in 10 games … he recorded two tackles.

High School: Three-year all-Richmond metro defender … 134 tackles, 15 TFL, 6 sacks as a senior for Coach Patrick Kane … Parade All-America and USA Today all-USA … leading tackler for the East in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Personal: Son of Gloria Grant and Curtis Raynard Grant.