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THE GRIND: Horizon Christian's Grinstead has helped transform Warriors football
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Jacob Grinstead used to be a small fish in a big pond. As a freshman at West Forsyth High School in 2013, the shorter, lanky son of a pastor was buried deep enough in the depth chart that coaches looked at switching him to cornerback. He still learned lessons from eventual starting quarterback Hampton McConnell—now at Georgia Southern—and worked his way into the starting rotation of the junior varsity team.