Full Text of HR0950 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate former Illinois State | 4 | | University (ISU) football legend and NFL standout James Harvey | 5 | | "Boomer" Grigsby on the occasion of being selected for | 6 | | induction into the College Football Hall of Fame; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, A three-time First Team All-American in 2002, | 8 | | 2003, and 2004, Boomer Grigsby remains the Football | 9 | | Championship Subdivision (FCS) leader in career tackles with | 10 | | 550, career solo tackles with 325, single-season tackles per | 11 | | game with 16.27 in 2002, and single-season solo tackles per | 12 | | game with 9.82 in 2002; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As a standout linebacker, Boomer Grigsby is the | 14 | | only player in history to finish in the top three for the Buck | 15 | | Buchanan Award in three consecutive seasons; he ranks second | 16 | | all-time in FCS history with 12.5 tackles per game during his | 17 | | career and boasts two of the top three single-season solo | 18 | | tackle performances in FCS history with 108 in 2002 and 109 in | 19 | | 2003; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Boomer Grigsby won the College Sporting News FCS | 21 | | Defensive Player of the Year award twice, and the award has | 22 | | since been renamed in his honor; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The only three-time Missouri Valley Football | 2 | | Conference (MVFC) Defensive Player of the Year in league | 3 | | history, Boomer Grigsby was a three-time First Team All-MVFC | 4 | | selection and remains the all-time leading tackler in | 5 | | conference and school history, being credited by both the MVFC | 6 | | and ISU with 580 career tackles; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Boomer Grigsby was an honorable mention | 8 | | all-conference selection when he was named to the MVFC | 9 | | All-Newcomer Team in 2001; he led the FCS in tackles in 2002, | 10 | | led the conference in tackles three times, and led ISU in | 11 | | tackles all four seasons; a three-time team captain, he was | 12 | | also twice named the ISU Milt Weisbecker Male Athlete of the | 13 | | Year and was inducted into the ISU Athletics Percy Family Hall | 14 | | of Fame in 2010; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Boomer Grigsby was a fifth-round pick in the 2005 | 16 | | NFL Draft; he played in the league for the Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | | from 2005 to 2007, the Miami Dolphins in 2008, and the Houston | 18 | | Texans in 2009; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Off the field, Boomer Grigsby established the | 20 | | Boomer Grigsby Foundation, and he has volunteered with Jared | 21 | | Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors and the Special Olympics; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Boomer Grigsby continued his relationship with | 2 | | ISU football as the color analyst for Redbird football | 3 | | broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago for three seasons; he also | 4 | | served as a television analyst for the Illinois High School | 5 | | Association's football playoff broadcasts for two years; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Boomer Grigsby and the rest of the 2022 class are | 7 | | among only 1,056 players and 226 coaches to have been inducted | 8 | | into the College Football Hall of Fame from the nearly 5.62 | 9 | | million individuals who have played or coached; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate James Harvey "Boomer" Grigsby on being | 14 | | inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and for his | 15 | | accomplishments both on and off the field, and we wish him the | 16 | | best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Boomer Grigsby as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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