Curtis Grant’s recruiting card

Hermitage (Richmond, VA) star Curtis Grant caught the attention of head football coach Patrick Kane as just an eighth grader.

“I saw him playing basketball. He was so much more physically mature than the other guys out there,” said the Panthers varsity head coach.

Grant, now a 6-3, 220-pound junior linebacker/tight end, burst onto the varsity football scene late in 2007 and has since developed into one of the most highly recruited players in the state of Virginia’s 2011 class. Potentially, he could be the most highly recruited player to come out of the talent-rich Hermitage program.

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