High School Career
Grady was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During high school, Grady was a four-year varsity starter at East Grand Rapids High School. There he earned many honors and achievements, including being named All-State and the title of EA Sports junior player of the year. He led East Grand Rapids to consecutive state Division 3 football championships. He was one of the top high school running backs in the nation in high school on par with Jonathan Stewart, Rashard Mendenhall, Marlon Lucky, Antone Smith and Jamaal Charles. He was a 5-star blue chip recruit ranked among the top 5 running backs in the nation according to both Scout.com and Rivals.com. He holds the following Michigan High School Athletic Association records:
- Most career rushing yards (8,431)
- Most career touchdowns (151)
- Most career points (924)
- Most career rushing attempts (1,154)
He formerly held the following record:
- Most consecutive games with 100 yards rushing (24)
Grady did not consider any other schools en route to signing with Michigan.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Grady RB |
East Grand Rapids, Michigan | East Grand Rapids (MI) | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 227.5 lb (103.2 kg) | 4.49 | Sep 8, 2003 |
| Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: NA | ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 5 (RB) Rivals: 22, 4 (RB), 1 (MI) ESPN: NA | ||||||
Sources:
|
||||||
Read more about this topic: Kevin Grady
Famous quotes containing the words high, school and/or career:
“Tragedy is always a mistake; and the loneliness of the deepest thinker, the widest lover, ceases to be pathetic to us so soon as the sun is high enough above the mountains.”
—Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)
“The child to be concerned about is the one who is actively unhappy, [in school].... In the long run, a child’s emotional development has a far greater impact on his life than his school performance or the curriculum’s richness, so it is wise to do everything possible to change a situation in which a child is suffering excessively.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)
“Work-family conflicts—the trade-offs of your money or your life, your job or your child—would not be forced upon women with such sanguine disregard if men experienced the same career stalls caused by the-buck-stops-here responsibility for children.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)