Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Grant was a three-year letterwinner at Copley High School, playing with the Indians through his junior year.
Grant was rated as a four-star recruit, according to Top Drawer Soccer, and committed to play for the Akron Zips and new head coach Jared Embick.
[2] Grant found playing time hard to come by in what turned out to be his lone season at Akron, appearing in only half of the Zips' games on the year.
[4] In his inaugural season with the Nittany Lions, he appeared 18 times and scored his first collegiate goal, coming in a 6–2 victory over Penn on September 24, 2014.
Following his junior year at Penn State, Grant played in the NPSL with his hometown club, AFC Cleveland.
[12] He notched his only goal for the club on June 10, a header two minutes into first half stoppage time against Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, although S2 would go on to lose the match 3–1.