Player Information
Brent Omar Grimes was born on July 19, 1983 in Philadelphia, PA where he attended Northeast High. He was a 3-time All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 1st team selectee during his career at Shippensburg. He set school records with 27 career interceptions, 1133 punt return yards, and 1183 kickoff return yards. His junior year, he appeared in 11 games, recording 27 tackles, 2 for loss, 12 pass breakups, and 7 interceptions. He also returned 17 punts for 189 yards (11.1 avg) and 7 kickoffs for 148 yards (21.1 avg). He earned Division II 1st team All-American honors that year, and would so again as a senior with totals of 44 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 5 pass breakups, and 5 interceptions. He also returned 37 punts for 508 yards (13.7 avg) and 17 kickoffs for 476 yards (28.0 avg) and a score. He also added 59 total yards on offense. He also finished his career with 140 tackles, 3 fumble recoveries, 2 forced fumbles, and 32 passes defended. He was originally signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2006. Played with the Hamburg Sea Devils in the 2007 NFL Europe season. He began the year with the Rhein Fire on their practice squad before moving to Hamburg in Week 2. He started 4 of 10 games, recording 33 tackles, 2 interceptions for 54 yards, 6 pass deflections, scored 2 touchdowns on interception and fumble returns, and also added 4 stops on special teams.
Career Statistics
| Year | Team | G | GS | Tack | Ast | Sack | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR |
| 2007 | ATL | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | ATL | 12 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | ATL | 16 | 8 | 60 | 4 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 81 | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | ATL | 12 | 12 | 46 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 58 | 42 | 229 | 30 | 0.0 | 13 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Transactions
Signed by the Atlanta Falcons on May 13, 2006 ... Cut by Falcons on August 25, 2006 ... Signed by Falcons on January 10, 2007 ... Cut by Falcons on September 1, 2007 ... Signed to Falcons practice squad on September 3, 2007 ... Signed to Falcons practice squad on September 3, 2007 ... Promoted to Falcons 53-man roster on October 29, 2007 ... Cut by Falcons on November 1, 2007 and re-signed to practice squad on November 7 ... Promoted to Falcons active roster on December 17, 2007 ... Re-signed by Falcons on March 9, 2010.