National Signing Day 2016: Griffin Grady Adds to Badgers LB Strength

National Signing Day 2016 is here

The Wisconsin Badgers National Signing Day 2016 class is well underway, and the Badgers have added Ohio linebacker Griffin Grady to the recruiting class of 2016.

The Badgers sixth-ranked recruit overall according to 247 Sports, Grady picked the Badgers out of Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio. The 6-foot-2, 205 pound outside linebacker is ranked the 19th-best prospect out of Ohio and the 16th best inside linebacker in the country, although the Badgers plan to move him outside in their 3-4 system.

It should be a good move for the new Badgers linebacker, as he excels at getting to the quarterback, and from the outside spot in the 3-4, should have plenty of opportunity to do so. He will join several fellow recruits at one of the Badgers most loaded positions on the roster.

Grady committed to the Badgers last June, and signed his letter of intent on signing day.

As you can see in this brief highlight clip, Grady doesn’t lack speed and is quite the athlete.

Here’s his player profile, per UWBadgers.com:

High School: Four-star prospect by Scout … three-star prospect by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Columbus Dispatch All-Metro selection and first-team All-Ohio Capital Conference as a senior, recording 151 tackles, 13 TFLs, 5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, interception and 9 pass breakups … special mention All-Metro and second-team All-OCC as a junior, finishing with 119 tackles, 13 TFLs, 5.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 interceptions and 5 pass breakups … team MVP as a senior … two-year team captain … finished three-year varsity career with 285 tackles, 28 TFLs, 12.5 sacks, 6 forced fumbles, 3 interceptions, 14 pass breakups and 3 blocked punts … also lettered in basketball … National Honor Society member … high school coach was Mark Crabtree

Personal: Parents are Rob Grady and Keyburn Grady … mother played basketball at UMass from 1987-91 and was team’s leading scorer as a senior … uncle, Mark Grady, played football at Eastern Illinois from 1987-91

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