Cam Grandy was primarily a blocking tight end when used on offense, but he actually did very well on special teams.
The Cincinnati Bengals have signed tight end Cam Grandy to a one-year contract extension through the 2025 season, the team announced Tuesday.
Grandy, who will be a second-year player in 2025, was originally a college free agent signee of the Bengals in 2024 out of Illinois State, where he was an FCS All-American. He played in eight games with six starts in his rookie season and caught five passes for 28 yards.
Primarily used as a run-blocking tight end on offense, Grandy finished the 2024 season with a respectable 63.5 offensive grade from Pro Football Focus. He earned a 65.6 run-blocking grade in 39 attempts and a 74.9 pass-blocking grade in five attempts.
Grandy was also an impact player on special teams, earning an 82.7 special teams grade, narrowly beaten by Shaka Heyward (83.0) for the best mark of any Bengals special teams player. He had 57 total special teams snaps, 41 coming as a blocker on the kickoff return unit. Grandy also had 10 snaps on the field-goal kicking unit and six more on punt coverage.
All of this came from Week 10 on as Grandy played every game down the stretch of the regular season.
