The moment the Rutgers faithful have all been waiting for has finally arrived - and with good news.

It was announced today that Janarion Grant has decided to take up the medical redshirt and return to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team instead of entering the 2017 NFL Draft.

Grant has been listed on the official ScarletKnights.com roster for 2017-18 season for some time now, but now it is for certain he is back in Piscataway. He had until yesterday to make a decision.

Per Grant's personal Instagram account:

"Fifth year, here I come! I'm excited about what I have been able to accomplish so far, but I look forward to getting out there and competing with my teammates again. I thank coach Ash and the staff as well as my family for their support through this process. Let's make this season special. Go Knights!"

The electric and speedy wide receiver/kick returner/punt returner/wildcat quarterback was off to his best start and on the way to his most productive season as a senior last year before his right ankle was stepped on by Iowa cornerback Desmond King at the end of a 76-yard play near the goaline. Rutgers was 2-1 at the time and the loss of Grant for the rest of the year completely derailed the Scarlet Knights team as they finished 2-10.

Grant met the requirements to be eligible to receive a medical redshirt which is 30 percent of the team's games in the beginning of the season and not playing anymore due to injury. The Big Ten counts the conference championship game as a 13th game for every member no matter if they make it. Since Grant was injured Sept. 24 in the fourth game of the year, he made the cutoff.

The Trilby, FL. native and Pasco High School product was averaging 163.75 all-purpose yards on the year with 20 receptions and 16 rushing attempts and six total touchdowns in 2016 (three rushing, one kick return, one punt return, and one passing). Grant is the programs all-time leader in kickoff return yards and is tied for first in the history of the NCAA for combined kick and punt return scores (eight).

Grant, a redshirt senior, will be back for his fifth-year "On the Banks", and will look to thrive once again as the focal in the Power-Spread offensive scheme - this time under new offensive coordinator Jerry Kill and on special teams.

"There's no question we need a guy like that," Kill said at the Hale Center on Jan. 11. "We need playmakers. That's the first thing."

A criminal justice major, Grant has 2,606 kickoff return yards and five touchdowns to his name in addition to 480 punt return yards and three scores. The 5-foot-10, 180-pounder has made 83 catches for 895 receiving yards and one touchdown, and has tallied 270 rushing yards and three scores as well. Grant has thrown two passing touchdowns as well - one to former quarterback Chris Laviano and one to former fellow wide receiver Andre Patton.

The Scarlet Knights offense just got better.