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Malik Grant
Position Running Back
Height 5-9
Weight 190
Class Graduate Student
Hometown Bronx, N.Y.
High School Archbishop Stepinac (Sacred Heart)
Biography
2023 (Redshirt Senior)
Appeared in 11 games
Rushed for 717 yards with four touchdowns
Caught 10 passes for 89 yards
Finished the year with two tackles, both of which were recorded on special teams
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
All-New England Selection
Named All-NEC Second Team
Stats Perform & Hero Sports Second Team Preseason All-American
Earned Blue Bloods Podcast Preseason First-Team All-American
Named team captain for the fall
Preseason All-NEC selection
Played in 11 games for the Pioneers
Led the Pioneers with 1080 total rushing yards and 14 touchdowns
Posted a season-high 165 rushing yards at Wagner
Longest rush of the season was 66 yards at Merrimack
Scored three rushing touchdowns vs. Dartmouth
Finished with 154 receiving yards, including 32 reception yards at Duquesne
Tallied one receiving touchdown at Wagner
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Named to Hero Sports FCS Third-Team All-America squad
Was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award
Selected as NEC Offensive Player of the Year after stellar season in Pio jersey with a team- and league-best 1,347 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. That rushing total was fourth in the nation
Was first Sacred Heart player and first from NEC to receive the Harry Agganis/Harold Zimman Award from the New England Football Writers, presented to the most outstanding player in New England
Earned All-New England honors from the NEFWA
Recognized by the NEFWA on October 10 with their Golden Helmet award after rushing for 228 yards against Merrimack, the sixth-highest single-game total in school history and the 10th-best in the FCS this year
Averaged 112.3 rushing yards per game, good for a No. 5 national ranking, an average of 112.3 ypg total offense and 124.4 all-purpose yards per game, best in the NEC
Led team in rushing eight times and compiled six 100+ rushing games, including team’s season best with 228 vs. Merrimack, sixth-best in SHU single-game history
Added two touchdown receptions for 11 total touchdowns on season as team’s top scorer (66 pts.)
His 5.6 rushing yards per carry placed him 27th nationally in that category
Scored three touchdowns in two games, vs. Central Connecticut (all rushing) and at LIU (2 rushing, 1 receiving)
Had two touchdowns in both the LIU and Duquesne games
Had NEC’s top two single-game rushing totals with 228 vs. Merrimack (0 TDs) and 186 vs. Duquesne (2 TDs)
Pulled in 10 receptions for 130 yards and touchdowns in back-to-back games vs. Wagner and at LIU
Had two kickoff return attempts for 16 yards (8.0 avg.
Had starting role in eight of his 12 games played
2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman)
Rushed for a season-high 50 yards vs Merrimack (3/21)
Appeared in all five games
Rushed for 95 yards
2019 (Freshman)
Appeared in three games, utilizing a redshirt
Rushed the ball 20 times for 76 yards
Recorded his first career touchdown at Saint Francis (Oct. 26)
Before Rhode Island
All-Catholic League selection at Archbishop Stepinac
Helped lead the team to a pair of state championships
Exploded in his one year as the starting running back, producing 1,490 rushing yards on 163 carries in 11 games while scoring 10 touchdowns (2018)
Produced 401 rushing yards on 62 carries in 10 games as a reserve in 2017 while also scoring six touchdowns
NFL Draft
