Grant Newsome saw himself walking across the NFL Draft stage one day. He envisioned shaking the commissioner’s hand and receiving a jersey with a No. 1 on it. His life had seemed almost a natural progression to that point.
From an early age, he demonstrated a proficiency at sports. He was on an elite travel baseball team that played all over the East Coast and faced some of the best competition in the country.
When Newsome switched to football in high school, the transition was relatively seamless, and he had the genes. His father, Leon, once committed to play for Lou Holtz at Notre Dame.