David Grinnage (born February 4, 1994) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like ...

who is a free agent. He played

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for

NC State North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The university ...

College career

Grinnage attended and played college football at NC State.

Collegiate statistics

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

Grinnage signed with

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

as an

undrafted free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

, but was released three days later on May 11, 2016.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Grinnage was signed by the

Jacksonville Jaguars The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team play ...

on August 14, 2017. He was waived on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Jaguars on January 22, 2018. On September 1, 2018, Grinnage was waived by the Jaguars and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster to replace injured tight end

Austin Seferian-Jenkins Austin Edward Seferian-Jenkins (born September 29, 1992) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington. He also played fo ...

. Grinnage made his NFL debut and caught his first career pass, a seven-yard reception, on October 14, 2018 in a 40-7 loss to the

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisi ...

. He was waived on November 12, 2018.

The Spring League

Grinnage was selected by the Blues of

The Spring League The Spring League was an American football developmental league and scouting event (pro showcase) that played from 2017 to 2021 and was founded by Brian Woods. Aimed at professional athletes but not paying a salary or expenses, the league's go ...

in their player selection draft on October 10, 2020.

References

External links

NC State Wolfpack bio
1994 births Living people American football tight ends Players of American football from Delaware NC State Wolfpack football players Green Bay Packers players Jacksonville Jaguars players People from Newark, Delaware The Spring League players {{tightend-stub