Jakeem Grant
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#9
Experience: 8 years
Height: 5-7
Age: 30
Weight: 172 lbs
College: Texas Tech
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
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Career Stats
WRTE Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 0 | 13 | 203 | 15.6 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 2 | 21 | 268 | 12.8 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 2 | 19 | 164 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 4 | 36 | 373 | 10.4 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | Miami Dolphins | 4 | 0 | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2021 | Chicago Bears | 11 | 0 | 9 | 139 | 15.4 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 81 | 8 | 100 | 1140 | 8.5 | 65 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
Biography
Career Transactions
Selected by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round (186th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft…Traded to the Chicago Bears for a 2023 sixth-round pick on Oct. 5, 2021…Signed by the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 16, 2022.
Awards/Honors
· Earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2020 and 2021.
· Selected to the Pro Bowl in 2021.
· Named to the 2021 PFWA All-NFC Team as a punt returner.
· Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 14 in 2021.
· Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 8 in 2020.
· Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 1 in 2018.
Key Notes
· Tied for NFL lead with six total return touchdowns since entering the league in 2016.
· Set a Bears franchise record with a 97-yard punt return at Green Bay on Dec. 12, 2021. It was the longest punt return in the NFL in 2021.
· Set Dolphins franchise records for total return touchdowns (five) and punt return touchdowns (three).
· Set Dolphins franchise record for longest punt return after 88-yard touchdown against the Rams on Nov. 1, 2020.
· One of two NFL players (Andre Roberts) in 2018 to return two kicks for touchdowns (one punt and one kickoff).
· Recorded two touchdown grabs against Oakland on Sept. 23, 2018.
· Registered his first career kickoff return touchdown following a 102-yard score against Tennessee on Sept. 9, 2018.
· Recorded career-high 107 receiving yards at Kansa City on Jan. 24, 2017.
· Finished as Texas Tech's all-time leading receiver with 3,289 yards.
Personal
· Attended Mesquite High School (Mesquite, Texas) and earned all-state honors in track and field.
· Majored in exercise and sport sciences at Texas Tech.
· Has twin girls and a boy with his high school sweetheart.
Beyond Football
· Likes to rollerblade as a form of exercising.
· Supported Autism Awareness by representing Chicagoland Autism Connection for the NFL's My Cause, My Cleats campaign in 2021. The Chicagoland Autism Connection (CAC) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to increase autism awareness and improve the quality of life for children and adults with autism.
