Carolina Panthers has a fun training camp project after their latest announcement Monday.
Colin Granger, a former Division 1 Basketball player for Ohio University, Western Carolina and Coastal Carolina, will try to convert to an NFL tightening end.
The 6-Foot-8, 245 Pound Granger was announced as a signer of Panthers as he is five years removed from high school and is allowed to join a team as a free agent.
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Notre Dame-Guard Braeden Shrewsberry (11) drives to the basket as Western Carolina tip Colin Granger (32) defends under Western Carolina-Notre Dame NCAA-men’s basketball match on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana. (IMagn)
Granger was a center during his college career, playing two seasons at Ohio University, two seasons in Western Carolina and ending at Coastal Carolina.
He was 52.3% shooting games from the field during his career while pulling in 322 gathering rebounds with the three different programs. He had 137 rebounds on Coastal Carolina to hood an impressive career.
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Now Panthers Brass has the history of converting former basketball players to NFL caliber pieces as head coach Dave Canales and General Manager Dan Morgan did it with George Fant with Seattle Seahawks.
Fant, standing on 6-foot-5, 315 pounds, played basketball in western Kentucky and he was transformed into a hybrid offensive tackle and tight end. He ended up playing seven overall seasons with Seattle, the New York Jets and Houston Texans.
Notre Dame-Guard Julian Roper II (1) shoots the ball as Western Carolina tip Colin Granger (32) defends under Western Carolina-Notre Dame NCAA-men’s basketball match on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana. (IMagn)
ESPN reports that Fant has worked with Granger to get him ready for the transition, and it was he who told Panthers about his potential.
However, Granger has not been on a football field since eighth grade, so the transition is not expected to be easy.
But of course this is not new, especially in the tight final position. Think Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and the great Tony Gonzalez, all of whom were former basketball players before they saw lots of success in the NFL.
Colin Granger #32 from Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Dunks against North Carolina State Wolfpack during the game at the Lenovo Center on November 13, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Grant Half -Person/Getty Images)
Granger competes with a number of tight ends in Panthers training camp this summer, including Tommy Tremble and Ja’tavion Sanders.
