TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — As a seventh-round draft pick, Cody Grimm didn’t expect any favors when he arrived for training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Instead, the break the rookie will get from practice Saturday comes courtesy of coach Raheem Morris, who wouldn’t think of keeping the safety from traveling to Canton, Ohio, to watch his father, former Washington Redskins guard Russ Grimm, enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
“It’s real nice of him. I’m thankful for it,” Cody said Friday at One Buc Place, noting Morris contacted his dad before camp opened to let the elder Grimm know that his son would be able to join the family. “It was pretty cool of him. I’m excited to get up there.”
