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#23 Noel Grigsby

Position:	Wide Receiver
Height:	5'11"
Weight:	175
Year:	Senior
Hometown:	Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:	Crenshaw HS
Experience:	3 Letters

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AT SAN JOSE STATE: Fourth season with the Spartans...A returning starter at wide receiver...25 games played and 22 starting assignments...Fourth on the San Jose State list for career receptions (145) and seventh in career receiving yardage (1,708)...San Jose State single-season receiving leader with 89...First Spartan with 800 or more receiving yards in a season as a freshman and a sophomore...Three games with 10 or more receptions... Five contests with at least 100 receiving yards...One of four Spartans to receive 2010 Freshman All-America recognition...Named to the 2011 and 2012 Biletnikoff Award and College Football Performance Award Watch Lists...First joined the team for 2009 Fall drills... First name is pronounced NO-elle.

2011: A second-team All-WAC choice...Set a San Jose State single-season record with 89 catches...12th nationally for receptions per game... Had a four-game stretch with 42 receptions for 401 yards... 49th in the nation for receiving yards per game...Career-best 12 receptions for 126 yards in the Hawai'i win (10/14)...11-reception games against Brigham Young (10/8) and Idaho (11/5)... Season-long 60-yard touchdown reception at Louisiana Tech (10/29)... TD catch in the fourth quarter was the difference in a 27-24 win at Fresno State (11/26).

2010: A second-team Freshman All-American pick by Phil Steele...Set San Jose State freshman season receiving records with his 56 receptions for 822 yards...First Spartan freshman with at least 700 receiving yards in a season...14.7 yards per catch was the second-best figure among 2010 FBS freshmen with 50 or more receptions...Best yards per catch average by a Spartan with 50 or more receptions since John Broussard in 2006...185 yards on seven catches vs. Utah State (11/13) is a single-game freshman mark...117 receiving yards against Fresno State (10/23)...49-yard pass play was the longest by either team in the season-opener at Alabama (9/4)...Seven receptions of 40 yards or more during the season...39 catches in the final six games...Season-high eight receptions at Idaho (12/4)...Seven catches against #11-Wisconsin (9/11), Fresno State and Utah State...TD plays at Wisconsin, Fresno State, at New Mexico State (10/30) and Hawai'i.

2009: A redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star Rivals.com prospect and a 2009 PrepStar All-West Region selection for Crenshaw High in Los Angeles (Coach Robert Garrett)...A 2008 second-team All-City selection as a defensive back...Averaged over 20 yards per catch and scored 15 touchdowns as a wide receiver in 2007...A member of the National Football Foundation's Play It Smart program ...Three-sport athlete who lettered in basketball and was a sprinter and high jumper on the track and field squad.

MORE ON NOEL: A civil engineering major...One of 45 players on the 2009 USA Junior National Team that won the first Junior World Championship ...Lists The Transporter and Die Hard series among his favorite action movies...Was the 2009 sports editor for the school newspaper, The Cry of the Cougar...Has sung as a tenor in his church's choir since age 12...The Los Angeles, Calif., native was born on October 2, 1991.

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