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Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Pioneers

2023 Football Roster

4 Malik Grant

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown The Bronx, N.Y.
  • Highschool Archbishop Stepinac

Biography

2022:

  • All-New England Selection
  • Named All-NEC Second Team
  • Stats Perform & Hero Sports Second Team Preseason All-American
  • Earned Blue Bloods Podcast Preseason First-Team All-American
  • Named team captain for the fall.
  • Preseason All-NEC selection.
  • Played in 11 games for the Pioneers
  • Led the Pioneers with 1080 total rushing yards and 14 touchdowns
  • Posted a season-high 165 rushing yards at Wagner
  • Longest rush of the season was 66 yards at Merrimack
  • Scored three rushing touchdowns vs. Dartmouth
  • Finished with 154 receiving yards, including 32 reception yards at Duquesne
  • Tallied one receiving touchdown at Wagner

2021:

  • Named to Hero Sports FCS Third-Team All-America squad.
  • Was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.
  • Selected as NEC Offensive Player of the Year after stellar season in Pio jersey with a team- and league-best 1,347 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. That rushing total was fourth in the nation.
  • Was first Sacred Heart player and first from NEC to receive the Harry Agganis/Harold Zimman Award from the New England Football Writers, presented to the most outstanding player in New England.
  • Earned All-New England honors from the NEFWA.
  • Recognized by the NEFWA on October 10 with their Golden Helmet award after rushing for 228 yards against Merrimack, the sixth-highest single-game total in school history and the 10th-best in the FCS this year.
  • Averaged 112.3 rushing yards per game, good for a No. 5 national ranking, an average of 112.3 ypg total offense and 124.4 all-purpose yards per game, best in the NEC.
  • Led team in rushing eight times and compiled six 100+ rushing games, including team’s season best with 228 vs. Merrimack, sixth-best in SHU single-game history.
  • Added two touchdown receptions for 11 total touchdowns on season as team’s top scorer (66 pts.).
  • His 5.6 rushing yards per carry placed him 27th nationally in that category.
  • Scored three touchdowns in two games, vs. Central Connecticut (all rushing) and at LIU (2 rushing, 1 receiving). 
  • Had two touchdowns in both the LIU and Duquesne games.
  • Had NEC’s top two single-game rushing totals with 228 vs. Merrimack  (0 TDs) and 186 vs. Duquesne (2 TDs).
  • Pulled in 10 receptions for 130 yards and touchdowns in back-to-back games vs. Wagner and at LIU.
  • Had two kickoff return attempts for 16 yards (8.0 avg.)
  • Had starting role in eight of his 12 games played.

2020-21:

  • Rushed for a season-high 50 yards vs Merrimack (3/21).
  • Appeared in all five games.
  • Rushed for 95 yards.

2019:

  • Appeared in three games as a rookie.
  • Rushed the ball 20 times for 76 yards.
  • Ran 11 times, for a career-high 51 yards and his first career TD in the win at Saint Francis (10/26).

High School:

  • All-Catholic League selection
  • Helped Stepinac to a pair of state championships
  • Exploded in his one year as the starter at running back, producing 1490 rushing yards on 163 carries in 11 games (9.1 ypc, 135.5 ypg) while scoring 10 touchdowns in 2018
  • Produced 401 rushing yards on 62 carries in 10 games (6.5 ypc, 40.1 ypg) as a reserve in 2017 while also scoring six touchdowns on the season

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2019First Year

    RB
    5'7" 200 lbs
    27
  • 8

    2020Sophomore

    RB
    5'7" 200 lbs
    8
  • 4

    2021Junior

    RB
    5'9" 200 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Senior

    RB
    5'9" 200 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2023Graduate Student

    RB
    5'9" 200 lbs
    4