UCF safety Richie Grant isn’t sure what happened on the play that knocked him out of the game during the third quarter of the Knights' loss to Tulsa on Oct. 10. But he does remember how badly he wanted to stay on the field and compete with his brothers.
“All I can remember from that moment was I was telling the training staff, ‘Let me get a couple of plays in. I don’t want to let my brothers down,’” Grant recalled. “I didn’t want to leave the field at all.
“When I became aware of what was happening, I remember that was the only thought I had.