"First off I wanna thank God for giving me this opportunity. I also want to thank my family and everyone who has helped me throughout this whole recruiting process and believing in me since day one," Groce wrote on Twitter. "I'd like to thank my coaches, especially (Pleasant Grove head coach Darrell LeBeaux) for pushing me everyday to become a better player and a better individual."
"When they started recruiting me, a lot of people were recruiting me as a jack," Groce told the paper. "Then I started getting taller and wider and broad and everything.