Grant Stuard - Indianapolis Colts linebacker on his musical career, counterfeit relationships and surrendering his life to Christ

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Grant Stuard is a linebacker with the Indianapolis Colts. He was selected as Mr. Irrelevant, the final pick (259) in the 2021 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After playing his first year with Tampa in 2021, he was traded to the Colts in August of 2022.

He scored his first NFL touchdown on Sunday December 3, 2023 in a Colts OT victory over the Titans.

Stuard is also a rapper and his first single, "Empty" released in September under the name G-STEEZO.

Today on the podcast, Grant Stuard shares in depth about his relationship with Christ, surrendering his life to the Lord, his musical career and overcoming obstacles by clinging to God.

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0:00.0	What's up, guys? Coming up today on Sports Spectrum, a powerful conversation with Indianapolis Colts linebacker Grant Stewart.
0:07.8	Now, Grant, you might have recognized him with his long, flowing hair coming out of the back of his helmet, playing on special teams this past weekend when the Colts won a big overtime game against the Tennessee Titans on the road.
0:23.2	The Colts, by the way, 7 and 5 very much in the playoff hunt.
0:27.0	And Shane Steichen has done a great job in his first year with the Colts, considering that
0:31.2	they lost Anthony Richardson earlier this year.
0:33.7	They're starting quarterback.
0:35.4	And now still 7 and 5, still in the hunt. And
0:39.2	Grant Stewart is a big part of that Colts special teams. And by the way, in that game,
0:43.9	Grant Stewart got his first ever NFL touchdown in that overtime victory off of a block
0:49.7	punt against the Tennessee Titans. And this conversation is a powerful one.
0:54.5	It's long.
0:55.6	It's deep.
0:56.9	And it's probably the most interesting conversation that I've had with a current NFL player
1:03.6	in the six and a half years that we've been doing the Sports Spectrum podcast.
1:08.8	Lots of Jesus, lots of football, lots of trials and struggles,
1:13.6	lots of overcoming, and lots of our Lord helping us through. This is Grant Stewart from the
1:20.2	Indianapolis Colts. He's coming up in just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. First,
1:24.9	I want to tell you about our great partners, athletes in action, one of the
1:28.8	best sports ministries around. They're serving college campuses, professional locker rooms,
1:35.0	and athletes all across the globe. But here's the thing that's happening. They're seeing
1:39.3	these influential athletes come to know Jesus as Lord, which is amazing. But they're in need of something very important to help equip these athletes in their walk with the Lord.
1:50.6	And that is a Bible.
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