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Phil Steele's 2019 Preseason All-NEC Third Team

Tevaughn Grant, a tall, rangy, veteran outside linebacker with a high motor and an ability to rush the passer, is looking cap his career in style and build on a productive season a year ago ... Has 30 games of playing experience under his belt ... Will wear uniform No. 7 after suiting up in No. 58 in each of his three previous seasons. 

2018 Saw action in nine games with five starts … Credited with a career-high 35 tackles (19 solo) ... Had 6.5 tackles for loss (minus 37 yards), 4.5 sacks (minus 28 yards), four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and one pass breakup ... Capped his year with a career-best seven tackles (3 solo) in the season-ending win at Robert Morris ... Consistency reflected with the fact that he had four or more tackles in five different games ... Career-high two tackles for loss vs. eventual NEC Champion Duquesne (11/3). 
 
2017: Saw action in 10 games … Credited with 11 tackles, including eight of the solo variety …. Matched his then career high with four tackles (3 solo) in season-opening win over Saint Anselm (8/31).

2016: Saw action in all 11 games with two starts … Also a mainstay on special teams … Credited with 12 tackles, including 11 solo stops … Registered then career-high four tackles, including three solo, vs. Concordia (9/10) … Had three stops vs. Robert Morris (11/12) … Recorded at least one tackle in six different games … Biology major.

2015: Did not see any game action.

Before Wagner: ... Excellent student who had multiple offers ... First-Team Big North All-Liberty Division selection ... Versatile athlete who excelled as a stand-up defensive lineman as well as a down lineman in high school ... Competed in both the 2015 New Jersey North-South All-Star Football Classic at Kean University in Union,, NJ and the 2015 Paul Robeson East-West High School All-Star Football Classic in East Orange, NJ.