CRANBERRY TWP — With all the injuries Brock Grady sustained in his high school football career, the trainer wasn't the only one who noticed.

The Cranberry Township resident, who just graduated from Quigley Catholic, also caught the eye of Washington & Jefferson College, where he will play next season.

It's just a miracle he's going in one piece.

As a member of the Monaca football team, which participates in a a co-op with Quigley, the 5-foot-9, 155-pound Grady led the team with eight interceptions and was among the team leaders with 85 tackles as a safety.

"Brock brought a great deal of leadership, and he's a hard-nosed football player," said Monaca coach Sam Cercone.

He got through last season for the WPIAL Class A runner-up somewhat unscathed, but he suffered a torn bicep in a game against Neshannock.

At this point in his career, that seemed to be the least of his injuries.

"I was told that I tore my bicep ... but it didn't seem to faze me," said Grady. "I taped my arm so I couldn't extend it, but it ended up healing just fine."

Grady's list of injuries was staggering, but even more impressive was he was able to bounce back.

As a sophomore, Grady broke his leg on the second day of camp and was still able to come back and earn a varsity letter.

"I did everything," said Grady. "I was put on special teams, I played some linebacker. They moved me to linebacker at 125 pounds. It was rough, but I did all right."

As a junior, Grady had his nose broken three times by his teammate in practice.

""I had to have reconstructive surgery after the season," he said. "They had to break it, then rebreak it. ... It was the worse 12 days of my life. That was probably the worst pain ever."

In the last game of the junior varsity season, he had his arm snapped in half by a teammate who fell on it.

Sporting a huge cast, Grady still played with it, including a second-round playoff game against Monessen.

"I got a patch for it and practiced all week," said Grady. "My teammates called me 'The Club' because I had this huge thing on my arm. It was fun, but I ended up breaking a rib in that game, but I let that one slide."

At the beginning of that junior year, the starting junior varsity quarterback broke his wrist in the first game.

"The next week, coach asked if anyone has played quarterback and I said I had — three plays in midgets. I didn't tell him that, but, hey, I played," said Grady, who went 6-0 at the position.

To add insult to injury, Grady snapped the arm again two months later, which required eight screws and a steel plate.

His senior year, however, was impressive enough to draw attention, not just for football, but for his effort on the Quigley baseball team.

Robert Morris University, Waynesburg College and Geneva College were interested in him as a football player, while teams like Slippery Rock University among others liked him for baseball.

"It all came down to academics," said Grady. "That was No. 1. That was the main reason I transferred to Quigley."

"Brock's work ethic is tremendous," said Cercone. "He'll be well-prepared to take it to the next level the next couple of years."