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Malik Grant

Malik Grant

  • Award
    NEC Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/22/2021
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Sacred Heart
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Bronx, NY
  • High School
    Archbishop Stepinac
RB, Jr., 5-7, 200 lbs. Bronx, NY/Archbishop Stepinac

Week 12 Stats: 127 rush yards, 12 rushes, 2 TD rushes, TD reception, 10.6 ypc

 
Grant totaled 134 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns in Sacred Heart’s title-clinching road win over LIU. The junior running back averaged more than 10.0 yards per touch in the 38-14 triumph. Grant eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark for the sixth time this season. He carried 12 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Grant opened the game’s scoring with a 4-yard TD burst with 7:14 left in the first quarter. The Empire State product broke off a 36-yard run to bump SHU’s lead to 21-7 with 2:39 remaining before the break. Grant also ran for a 40-yard gain to convert a 3rd-and-2 on an eventual 99-yard scoring drive in the second quarter. His third touchdown, which came on a 7-yard reception, extended the SHU lead to 38-7 with 00:45 left in the third quarter.