Grant Dean holds the SS · Backup spot in Wisconsin Badgers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Grant Dean is a safety from Neenah, Wisconsin, who was a consensus three-star recruit and top-30 athlete nationally according to recruiting services. In his senior season, he earned first-team all-state and conference offensive and defensive player of the year honors after accumulating two interceptions defensively and 16 rushing touchdowns. As a junior, Dean rushed for 1,774 yards and 25 touchdowns en route to AP all-state selection. During the 2025 season, Dean played in 11 games primarily on special teams, appearing on nine defensive snaps against Middle Tennessee and recording one tackle versus Iowa.