2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 84
Grant Smith
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 225
- Major:
- Communication
- Hometown:
- Forsyth, Ill.
- High School:
- Maroa-Forsyth
2025 - Illinois
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #72 (ESPN), #85 (247Sports), #107 (On3)
- State of Illinois ranks: #37 (247Sports), #48 (ESPN), #49 (On3)
- Played for head coach Josh Jostes at Maroa-Forsyth
- Four-year letterwinner
- Two-time All-Sangamo Conference
- 2024 IHSFCA Class 2A All-State
- 2024 News-Gazette All-State
- Set the Maroa-Forsyth single-season tackles record as a senior
- Caught 51 passes for 885 yards and 18 touchdowns during his senior season at Maroa-Forsyth
- Overall, totaled 91 receptions for 1,594 yards and 27 touchdowns during his high school career
- Was also an All-Sangamo Conference basketball player and track and field state qualifier in discus
- Two-time Academic All-State
- High Honor Roll
- Offers included Ball State
Personal
- Born May 1, 2007
- Son of Eric and Aimee Smith
- One brother, Keagen, and one sister, Avery
- Father, Eric, played basketball and football at Millikin before signing with the San Diego Chargers
- Mother, Aimee, played softball at Millikin
- Brother, Keagen, played basketball at South Dakota School of Mines
- Sister, Avery, played softball at Millikin
- Great grandfather, John W. Schnake, attended the University of Illinois
- Attended Illini football games growing up
- Majoring in communication
- Chose Illinois because “it is close to home, for the famILLy aspect, and a great engineering degree.”
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