Charlie Gantt Class: Junior Hometown: Farmington Hills, Mich. High School: Brother Rice Height / Weight: 6-5 / 248 Position: TE Experience: 2L

• Career Stats
• 2008 Game-by-Game Statistics

2009 NOTES: Fourth-year player is in his second season as the starting tight end . . . has played in 28 career games with 24 consecutive starts . . . solid run-blocker who has displayed the ability to go down field and make plays in the passing game . . . named to the midseason watch list for the Mackey Award, presented to the nation's top tight end . . . ranked among the nation's top 20 tight ends by Phil Steele's College Football Preview (No. 11) . . . has 17 catches for 262 yards (15.4 avg.) and one touchdown this season . . . hauled in a season-long 55-yard catch at Purdue . . . had two catches for a season-high 40 yards against Western Michigan . . . had two receptions for 19 yards at Minnesota . . . caught two passes for 18 yards vs. Iowa . . . season-high three catches for 39 yards in win over Michigan . . . hauled in two catches for 31 yards at Notre Dame . . . had two receptions for 28 yards, including a 16-yard TD, against Central Michigan.

2008 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media . . . presented MSU's Tommy Love Award as the team's most improved player . . . started all 13 games at tight end in 2008 and finished fifth on the team with 19 catches for 302 yards (15.9 avg.) . . . his four touchdown receptions led the team . . . 13 of his 19 catches (68 percent) resulted in a first down or a TD . . . had four receptions for 20-plus yards . . . caught at least one pass in 10 games . . . selected Lineman of the Week by the coaching staff on two occasions: vs. Notre Dame and Wisconsin (recorded career-best three pancake blocks) . . . matched season high with three receptions for 27 yards at Penn State . . . caught two passes for 53 yards vs. Wisconsin, with both coming in the fourth quarter as MSU rallied from an 11-point deficit for a 25-24 win . . . his 4-yard TD reception from Brian Hoyer at Michigan tied the score at 21 in the third quarter . . . had a season-high three receptions for 32 yards vs. Ohio State, including a 3-yard TD catch from Kirk Cousins . . . selected Spartan Offensive Player of the Week after catching two passes for 37 yards vs. Iowa, including a 4-yard TD grab from Hoyer . . . scored his first career TD on an 82-yard reception from Hoyer in the second quarter at Indiana, the longest pass play in the Big Ten in 2008 . . . finished with two catches for a team-best 92 yards against the Hoosiers . . . had two receptions for 18 yards in his first career start at California.

2007 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in four games (UAB, Indiana, Ohio State and Boston College) to earn his first letter.

2006 SEASON: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation's top tight ends by Rivals.com (No. 14), PrepStar (No. 14), Collegefootballnews.com (No. 21) and Scouts Inc. (No. 24) . . . listed among the Midwest's top 75 prospects by SuperPrep (No. 75) . . . rated among the state's top seniors by Rivals.com (No. 4), the Lansing State Journal (No. 7) and The Detroit News (No. 9) . . . two-way player for Coach Al Fracassa at Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. . . . known primarily for his blocking skills, but still managed 10 catches for 139 yards (13.9 avg.) and four touchdowns as a senior . . . also started at linebacker during the second half of the 2005 season, recording 37.5 tackles and an interception . . . produced four tackles for losses as a senior, including two sacks . . . his 9-yard TD grab from Andy Lentz late in the second quarter proved to be the game winner in the Warriors' 14-7 victory over Hudsonville in the 2005 Division 2 state championship game . . . also posted five tackles (3 solos, 2 assists), including one for a loss, vs. Hudsonville . . . former high school teammate of current Spartan linebacker Adam Decker . . . son of Kathleen Murphy and Robert Gantt . . . born Dec. 31, 1987 . . . his grandfather, Robert M. Gantt Jr., was a threesport star (football, basketball and track) at Duke in the early 1940s and appeared on the cover of Look magazine in 1942 as "Dixie's finest athlete" . . . majoring in media arts.