Tag: Janarion Grant

Watch: Janarion Grant’s punt return touchdown as seen from the end zone

Check out this video of Janarion Grant returning a punt 90 yards on Friday.

Janarion Grant’s 90-yard touchdown return on Friday night is still receiving buzz two days later. The former Rutgers football wide receiver and special teams ace may have pulled off the most impressive punt return in CFL history.

The play from Grant helped propel the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 45-27 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Grant, who broke through multiple tackles on his punt return, did so after a splendid punt from Saskatchewan’s Adam Korsak. That he did so against Korsak, a legendary player at Rutgers who won the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter last year, only adds to the uniqueness of this story.

Korsak’s punt of 58 yards was tremendous, rolling nicely and appeared destined to pin the ball along the sideline. But Grant had other ideas, turning the ball against the grain and breaking seven tackles as he went towards the opposite sideline.

From there, Grant turned on the speed to complete his improbable run.

Here is a look at Grant’s touchdown run upon fielding the ball at his own 20-yard line:

 

And here is the camera angle from midfield of Grant’s impressive touchdown run:

 

Watch: Janarion Grant uses pure burst in 97-yard touchdown return

Janarion Grant is as explosive as ever.

Janarion Grant still has it, the former Rutgers football wide receiver putting on the rockets this weekend with a long kickoff return for a touchdown.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers wide receiver had a 97-yard kickoff return over the weekend in what was a 43-22 win over British Columbia. Grant is now in his third season in the Canadian Football League.

He finished the day with two kickoff returns for a total of 112 yards and five punt returns for 55 yards.

Check out the 28-year old Grant’s highlight reel kickoff return for a touchdown. It was a big individual play and one that set the tone for his team’s big weekend win:

 

Grant spent five seasons at Rutgers, earning a redshirt in 2016 after playing just four games due to injury. During his collegiate career, he was named All-AAC  in 2013 and All-Big Ten in 2015.

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He signed as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2018 with the Baltimore Ravens. He moved to the CFL in 2019.

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