25 Facts About Tommy Grady

Thomas Grady was born on March 18,1985 and is a former American football quarterback who primarily played in the Arena Football League.

Tommy Grady set single season records for touchdown passes and passing yards, while tying a single-game record with 12 touchdown passes against the Cleveland Gladiators.

Tommy Grady re-signed with the Blaze in 2013 to a three-year maximum contract.

Tommy Grady chose Oklahoma over offers from Florida State, Tennessee, UCLA, USC and Washington.

Tommy Grady began his college career at the University of Oklahoma, He redshirted in 2003, and watched from the sidelines as starter Jason White won the Heisman Trophy.

Tommy Grady saw limited action as a junior in 2006, completing 7 of 14 passes for 102 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

Tommy Grady entered his senior season as a backup, but took over as quarterback when starter Brian Johnson suffered an injury early in the year.

Tommy Grady played in nine games, including six starts.

Tommy Grady finished the season with 58 completions in 115 attempts, for a total of 681 yards, with four touchdowns and three interceptions.

Tommy Grady was rated the 35th best quarterback in the 2008 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.

In 2009, after training camp with the Miami Dolphins, Tommy Grady played for the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of af2.

Tommy Grady was the starter for the Yard Dawgz in its only season in Arena Football League.

Tommy Grady re-signed with the Blaze for the 2012 season.

Tommy Grady broke Greisen's record of passing yards in a single season, with 5,870.

Tommy Grady re-signed with the Blaze on November 1,2012 to a three-year maximum.

Tommy Grady was assigned to the Pittsburgh Power on September 6,2013 after he was selected in the dispersal draft of the Chicago Rush and Blaze players.

On January 20,2015, Tommy Grady was assigned to the Jacksonville Sharks.

On October 14,2016, Tommy Grady was assigned to the Washington Valor during the dispersal draft after Jacksonville chose to leave the Arena Football League.

However, on November 29,2016, Tommy Grady elected to remain with the Sharks in the newly created National Arena League for the 2017 season.

Tommy Grady suffered a season-ending foot injury on April 24,2017, against the Monterrey Steel.

Tommy Grady played in five games for the Sharks in 2017, completing 71 of 113 passes for 1,060 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 1 interception.

Tommy Grady led the team to the best regular season record and was named the All-Arena team, but lost in the semifinals to two-win Washington Valor.

Tommy Grady won the Most Valuable Player Award in 2018 and 2019.

Tommy Grady returned to Albany when a new version of the Empire joined the National Arena League in 2021.

Tommy Grady was suspended indefinitely by the league because of his public statements about the team, which the league claimed to be false.