CLEMSON, S.C. – Horace Grant (Sparta, Ga./Hancock Central) was formally inducted into the Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor as part of the 2025 class – the second class in Bulls history.

Grant came to Clemson as a freshman in 1983 and made a name for himself during his final two years in Tigertown. During his senior season, he became the first player in ACC history to lead the league in scoring (21.0 average), rebounding (9.6) and field goal percentage (70.8 percent). In 1987, Grant was named Clemson’s first ACC Player of the Year.

“It was an honor,” Grant said a year later as a member of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls about winning the award. “I think it proved that if you work hard, good things come to you. At the time, it didn’t mean a great deal to me. But after the fact, it means a lot because no Clemson player had ever done that.”

Grant was a first-round pick of the Chicago Bulls, 10th pick overall of 1987 draft.  He was the winner of Clemson’s Frank Howard Award and IPTAY Athlete-of-the-Year for 1987. He won three NBA World Championships with the Bulls and was the first former Clemson player to win an NBA World Championship ring. He finished his career with four World Championship Rings, also winning one with the Los Angeles Lakers.

He signed a free-agent contract with Orlando Magic in the summer of 1994, he helped the team to the NBA finals in 1995. Grant was a four-time NBA All-Defensive team (second-team) pick, 1993-96. He was a veteran of 170 career playoff games.  He was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1999 and the state of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.

–News release courtesy of Clemson Athletic Communications

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