Grant Mattos
| Date of birth | March 12, 1981 |
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| Place of birth | Mountain View, California |
| Career information | |
| Status | Retired |
| Position(s) | WR |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| College | Southern California |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2003–2004 | San Diego Chargers |
| 2005 | Denver Broncos |
| 2006 | Tennessee Titans |
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Grant Logan Mattos (born March 12, 1981) is known as a former NFL wide receiver and special teams player who played for three teams over a four-year career, and as a contestant on Survivor: Redemption Island, the 22nd season of U.S. Survivor, where he was very close to winning before being voted out soon before Final Tribal Council.
Grant went to Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. He then played college football at the University of Southern California after transferring from Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California and graduated in 2003. In 2003, he was part of the team's Orange Bowl Triumph. During his time at USC, he received high praise from teammate Carson Palmer, a future NFL star QB who said of Grant: "Having a guy like Grant Mattos come in has been great, he's really gonna set the tone for the receivers. He's out there working harder than anyone on this team and he'll catch any ball, his hands are unbelievable. He's big and physical too so we can put him at tight end or receiver and he's strong enough to do both. It's gonna be exciting to see what he does this year. His story of how he got here is amazing, I'm not surprised at all that Coach Chow went out and found some guy from some place and brought him in with a chance to start" "He has awesome hands and he doesn't drop anything. He's a lot like (ex-USC receiver) Matt Nickels. Only he has more potential. He's bigger and stronger and capable of more."
After his college career, Grant played for the San Diego Chargers. He would earn a spot on the Chargers roster in 2003 with his impressive performances in training camp, despite having not even been initially recruited by a major college. He also was not selected in any round in the NFL draft. He would last two years with the Chargers, and four years in the League overall, also being signed by the Denver Broncos, and later the Tennessee Titans. Knee problems would limit his effectiveness and chances of game action in later years.
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