Monty Grow

Monty Roy Grow (born September 4, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football for the Florida Gators.

Early life and college Monty Roy Grow was born on September 4, 1971, in Inverness, Florida. He attended Citrus High School in Inverness. Grow recorded one interception in 1990 and one interception in 1993.

Professional career Grow signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on May 2, 1994, after going undrafted in the 1994 NFL draft. He played in 15 game for the Chiefs during the 1994 season, recording seven solo tackles, one assisted tackle, one forced fumble, and one interception. He also appeared in one playoff game in 1994. In 2016, Grow was arrested for being a leader in a massive healthcare-fraud conspiracy, and in 2018 was found guilty of 17 counts of health care fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison in connection with the healthcare-fraud conviction and ordered to pay approximately $18 million in restitution.

On October 21, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the evidence was sufficient to support Grow’s convictions, and that the district court’s instructions to the jury were not coercive or prejudicial, and that Grow invited any error that the district court may have committed. The Eleventh Circuit, however, vacated the sentence on Count I of the indictment and remanded the case for further proceedings.