Honors & Awards
» Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022)
» Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2020, 2021, 2022; Spring 2022)
2022 (Sophomore)
Grant Tagge played in every game in 2022 as a key special teams member.
2021 (Freshman)
Tagge played on special teams in every game in 2021. He made his Husker debut on special teams at Illinois, recording one tackle on kickoff coverage. He also had a tackle on kickoff coverage at No. 19 Wisconsin.
2020 (Covid Season)
Tagge did not play in a game in his first season at Nebraska.
Before Nebraska (Omaha Westside HS)
Tagge was a tackling machine from his linebacker position for Omaha Westside. As a senior, Tagge helped the Warriors to a 10-3 record and trip to the Class A state finals. Tagge ranked among the Class A leaders in tackles and finished the year with 110 stops and five sacks. For his play, Tagge was a first-team All-Nebraska and first-team All-Metro selection by the Omaha World-Herald. In 2018, Tagge helped Westside to a 9-2 record and a state quarterfinal appearance. He led the way for the stingy Warrior defense and earned second-team Super State honors from the Lincoln Journal Star as a linebacker and All-Metro honors and honorable-mention all-state accolades from the Omaha World-Herald. Tagge had a number of Division II scholarship offers and received interest from South Dakota State and Northern Illinois.
Personal
Grant was born on June 11, 2001, and is the son of Jason and Kellie Tagge. A 2020 Academic All-Big Ten selection, Tagge is majoring in business administration. Tagge is a relative of Nebraska national championship quarterback Jerry Tagge.