Gragg selected to Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame
8/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
MISSOULA ?C Former University of Montana football great and National Football League standout Scott Gragg has been selected to the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame.
He will be inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame at a date to be determined, depending on his work and coaching schedule. Gragg is currently in his second season teaching and serving as the head football coach at his former high school in Silverton, Oregon.
??This is something that I looked forward to, and was hopeful about, for a long time,?? said Gragg, who was recently in town for a few days. ??I??ve always cherished my time here in Missoula and I look forward to being up there with other Grizzly greats.??
Gragg said it would be difficult to choose his fondest memories when he played for the Griz,, but he did mention a few of the of his personal highlights.
??There are so many to list, but playing my last season when ??Dicky?? (UM quarterback Dave Dickenson) was a junior and then seeing all of the guys after a loss at Youngstown State (a 28-9 Division I-AA semi-final loss) and knowing that was our last opportunity to play together is a special memory. Coming back to win at the end of the game against SDSU (the Griz rebounded from a 38-13 deficit in the fourth quarter and defeated visiting South Dakota State 52-48 in 1993) was another good memory. Those are two of the big ones. The streak that we kept alive against Montana State when I was a senior (his senior season in 1994 UM won its ninth game in a row over MSU), that was another great memory that I will hold onto.??
A behemoth at 6-9, 305, Gragg is the tallest player to ever play at UM, lettering in 1991-92-93-94.
He is the only three-time recipient of UM??s Paul Weskamp Award (Outstanding Offensive Lineman), receiving it following the 1992, 1993, 1994 seasons. He was a three-year starter at offensive tackle those three seasons, starting in 38 straight games.
He was an All-Big Sky Conference selection in 1992, 1993, and 1994, and he was also a three-time all-league academic team pick.
Gragg, nicknamed ??Lurch?? by his teammates in his playing days at Montana, started for the West in the 1994 East-West Shrine Game and in the Senior Bowl (he??s the only UM player ever selected to play in the Senior Bowl). He was named to several All-American teams in 1993 and 1994.
He had an illustrious 11-year career in the NFL, playing for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Jets. He started in 151 NFL games, including 112 in a row.
Scott was a second round NFL draft pick in 1995, which ties him for the highest UM pick ever in UM history with former offensive lineman Steve Okoniewski, who was a second round selection by the Atlanta Falcons in 1972.
He is an active member of Athletes in Action and he??s in the board of directors of the Pro Athlete Outreach organization.
He is a graduate of UM (math) and currently pursuing his master??s degree in education at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.
At Silverton High School Scott was all-conference both ways in football, and also lettered in basketball and track.
Scott and his wife, Toni, have a daughter, Anna, 9, and a son, Brian, 7.
He will be inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame at a date to be determined, depending on his work and coaching schedule. Gragg is currently in his second season teaching and serving as the head football coach at his former high school in Silverton, Oregon.
??This is something that I looked forward to, and was hopeful about, for a long time,?? said Gragg, who was recently in town for a few days. ??I??ve always cherished my time here in Missoula and I look forward to being up there with other Grizzly greats.??
Gragg said it would be difficult to choose his fondest memories when he played for the Griz,, but he did mention a few of the of his personal highlights.
??There are so many to list, but playing my last season when ??Dicky?? (UM quarterback Dave Dickenson) was a junior and then seeing all of the guys after a loss at Youngstown State (a 28-9 Division I-AA semi-final loss) and knowing that was our last opportunity to play together is a special memory. Coming back to win at the end of the game against SDSU (the Griz rebounded from a 38-13 deficit in the fourth quarter and defeated visiting South Dakota State 52-48 in 1993) was another good memory. Those are two of the big ones. The streak that we kept alive against Montana State when I was a senior (his senior season in 1994 UM won its ninth game in a row over MSU), that was another great memory that I will hold onto.??
A behemoth at 6-9, 305, Gragg is the tallest player to ever play at UM, lettering in 1991-92-93-94.
He is the only three-time recipient of UM??s Paul Weskamp Award (Outstanding Offensive Lineman), receiving it following the 1992, 1993, 1994 seasons. He was a three-year starter at offensive tackle those three seasons, starting in 38 straight games.
He was an All-Big Sky Conference selection in 1992, 1993, and 1994, and he was also a three-time all-league academic team pick.
Gragg, nicknamed ??Lurch?? by his teammates in his playing days at Montana, started for the West in the 1994 East-West Shrine Game and in the Senior Bowl (he??s the only UM player ever selected to play in the Senior Bowl). He was named to several All-American teams in 1993 and 1994.
He had an illustrious 11-year career in the NFL, playing for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Jets. He started in 151 NFL games, including 112 in a row.
Scott was a second round NFL draft pick in 1995, which ties him for the highest UM pick ever in UM history with former offensive lineman Steve Okoniewski, who was a second round selection by the Atlanta Falcons in 1972.
He is an active member of Athletes in Action and he??s in the board of directors of the Pro Athlete Outreach organization.
He is a graduate of UM (math) and currently pursuing his master??s degree in education at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.
At Silverton High School Scott was all-conference both ways in football, and also lettered in basketball and track.
Scott and his wife, Toni, have a daughter, Anna, 9, and a son, Brian, 7.
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