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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 43
BY SENATORS CORTEZ, ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW, BERNARD,
BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK,
FESI, FIELDS, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, HEWITT,
JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN,
FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK,
PETERSON, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT, TARVER,
WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Grant Delpit on an outstanding 2019 football season with the Louisiana State
University Fighting Tigers.
WHEREAS, Grant Delpit was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and moved to
Houston, Texas, after his family was displaced due to Hurricane Katrina; and
WHEREAS, a safety on the gridiron, he attended St. Thomas High School for three
years before transferring to Lamar High School as a junior; and
WHEREAS, he transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, in his senior year
of high school, where he had forty-seven tackles and five interceptions, and committed to
Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football; and
WHEREAS, as a true freshman at LSU in 2017, Grant played in all thirteen games
with ten starts, recording sixty tackles and one interception; and
WHEREAS, he returned to LSU as a starter in 2018 and was named Consensus
All-American and First-Team All-SEC; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, his junior season, Grant had thirty-eight solo tackles,
twenty-seven assist tackles, one forced fumble, and two interceptions, and was named the
recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award, an honor named in memory of multi-sport athlete
Jim Thorpe, and awarded to the top defensive back in college football; and
WHEREAS, following his junior season, Grant announced that he would forgo his
senior season at LSU and declared for the 2020 NFL Draft; and
WHEREAS, Grant's ability to chase down plays with reckless abandon is the mark
of a great safety and defensive player; and
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WHEREAS, Grant Delpit is a talented athlete who demonstrates impeccable
leadership and a commitment to excellence that is truly commendable; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting to herald the achievements of Louisiana's accomplished
young men like Grant Delpit, a model citizen who represents the best and brightest of the
state and who is deserving of the honors bestowed upon him as a member of the Louisiana
State University Fighting Tigers football team.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Grant Delpit on an outstanding 2019 football season as a safety
with the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers, does hereby record for posterity the
pride and honor that he brings to his family, friends, community, the state of Louisiana, and
the United States of America, and does hereby extend to him best wishes for continued
success and happiness in all of his future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Grant Delpit.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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