Jakeem Grant

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.