The Daily Cougar · May 1, 2021
Grant Stuard selected by Bucaneers as NFL Draft’s Mr. Irrelevant
NFL Draft pick 259 Grant Stuard during his time at UH. | Courtesy of UH AthleticsHouston’s Grant Stuard, who played linebacker for the Cougars from 2017-20, is the newest member of the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the 259th overall pick, the last pick of the 2021 NFL Draft which is deemed “Mr. Irrelevant.”
The six-foot-one-inch linebacker led UH with 61 tackles, including five tackles for loss and a sack, during the 2020 season in seven games played.
Stuard also scored his first and only career collegiate touchdown in 2020, picking up a fumble and taking it to the house of a 34-yard scoop-and-score against UCF.