The state's returning Gatorade Player of the Year, Grier led the Patriots (12-1) to a third consecutive North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association state championship this past season. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound senior quarterback threw for 4,989
Grier has maintained a 3.40 weighted GPA in the classroom.
A member of his school's Spanish Club, he has also donated his time as a youth football instructor and volunteered on behalf of a youth literacy-outreach program as well as the Pop Warner Challenger Flag Football League.
