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Rams sign ILB Grant Stuard to two-year deal

Mar 16, 2026 at 02:00 PM

Stu Jackson

Senior Staff Writer

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – The Rams have signed inside linebacker Grant Stuard to a two-year deal.

Grant Stuard

Height: 5-11
Weight: 230 lbs
College: Houston

Stuard, 27, most recently played for the Lions, making 19 total tackles while playing in all 17 regular season games last season. He was also a standout on special teams for Detroit, posting a career-best 83.0 special teams grade according to Pro Football Focus.

Prior to that, he spent three seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, producing 58 total tackles while starting in 51 of 53 regular season games.

Stuard originally entered the NFL as a seventh-round draft pick (259th overall) in 2021 out of the University of Houston by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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