Grant Stuard

BIOGRAPHY

Grant Stuard was born in Conroe, Texas. He committed to Houston Cougars over SMU Mustangs and Navy Midshipmen.

Stuard played four years with the University of Houston, primarily as a linebacker, although he also played some running back.

In the 2017 season his freshman season, he played in 7 games before missing 4 games and the 2017 Hawaii Bowl due to a torn meniscus. He recorded 2 assisted tackles both against Rice University. In the 2018 season, Stuard played 13 games and had 1 start. He led the 2018 Houston Cougars football team with 11 special teams' tackles. He also played running back late in the year. He had 5 attempts and 35 yards running the ball, along with 30 tackles, 18 solo, and 12 assisted. In the 2019 season, Stuard started all 12 games. He had 97 tackles which led the team and had 9.5 tackles for loss good for third in the American Athletic Conference. He had 1 sack and 4 pass deflections. Stuard was named to the 2019 American Athletic All-Conference Second Team. In the 2020 season, he was a team captain for his senior year and led the Cougars in tackles: he made 61 total tackles (including 35 solo tackles) in a COVID-shortened 7-game regular season. He led the American Athletic Conference in tackles per game with 8.4 tackles/game. For his senior season, he changed his uniform number from 3 to 0.

Stuard skipped the 2020 New Mexico Bowl to prepare for the upcoming NFL draft.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers chose Stuard with the final pick of the 2021 NFL Draft, 259th overall.