Jamarcus Grant Class: RS Senior Hometown: Mullins, SC High School: Mullins Height / Weight: 6-5 / 320 Position: OL Experience: 3VL Major: Sociology

Grant Fact: Played both offensive guard and offensive tackle in 2008.
Years Lettered: 2007,08
Depth Chart Position: Co-second-team left offensive tackle

Overview: Reserve offensive guard and tackle throughout 2008 who will challenge for playing time in 2009...veteran of 21 career games and one start...has played 203 career snaps and has 15 career knockdown blocks...from the same area as former Clemson linebacker Anthony Waters (2003-06).

2008: Started against #24 Alabama at left guard; that was his only start...played nine games...played 20 snaps with a season-high 73-percent grade against S.C. State...played 46 snaps at #21 Wake Forest...played 14 snaps with a 72-percent grade against Duke...had eight knockdown blocks.

2007: Played nine games, including five on offense...reserve offensive guard behind All-American Chris McDuffie...played special teams in the last four games...had his best game against Central Michigan when he played 18 snaps and had a 75-percent grade along with 1.5 knockdowns...played 12 snaps against Louisiana-Monroe and had two knockdowns...played 10 snaps with a 70-percent grade at Duke...had 4.5 knockdown blocks in 48 snaps.

2006: Missed the first three games with a broken foot after suffering the injury while lifting weights in the preseason; he played just three games...played a season-high 22 snaps against Temple; he had 2.5 knockdown blocks...played 13 snaps against North Carolina and three against Louisiana Tech.

2005: Red-shirted.

Before Clemson: AA all-state by High School Sports Report...honorable mention All-Southern team by Orlando Sentinel...#56 offensive lineman in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com...SuperPrep Mid-Atlantic team member as the #14 player in South Carolina...#36 offensive tackle in the nation and #11 player in the state by Rivals.com...#26 on Spartanburg Herald-Journal's Fab-50 list...two-time all-state pick...PrepStar All-American...played in the North-South All-Star game...U.S. Army All-American Bowl nominee...named to All-Zone team as a junior...all-region as a junior...coached by Denver Cromer...chose Clemson over Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech...born Dec. 18, 1986...majoring in sociology.