IndyStar Colts Insider Stephen Holder will talk with a member of the team each week for a wide-ranging, offbeat conversation that sheds light on the player’s personality, background and interests.

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This week: rookie defensive lineman Grover Stewart.

Question: I read that you ran the 100-meter dash in high school. But you’re huge (333 pounds). Were you some kind of freak?

Answer: I just used to always think I was faster than everybody else. Growing up in the country, man, we were always out racing on those dirt roads. And we would be competing to see who was the strongest, wrestling, all that. Well, I just used to always think I was fast. So, I told my coach, ‘Let me run!’ And I ran it. I actually placed third.

Q:How was your sprinter form? Did you look like a sprinter out there?

A: Well, kind of. I was definitely the biggest one out there. I just got down in my three-point (football) stance. I figured that was the quickest way for me to get off. So, I did that and I just took off.

Q: Were you always one of the biggest kids when you were growing up?

A: Nah, back in school I was kind of the chubbiest kid until 11th grade. That’s when I had a growth spurt. I came back to school and everybody said, ‘Golly, you’re the tallest guy in the whole school.’ There were two twins I went to school with who were about 6-3 or 6-4. I was looking over their heads, and I just said, ‘Golly.’

Q: Were you already playing football at that point?

A: I was kind of playing.

Q: So, were you not taking football seriously before that?

A: No, not really. After that, everybody was saying I’d be real good if I kept playing. (In 10th grade) I would just say, ‘I don’t know about that.’ I would go get on the bus after school (and go home). It was too hot out there (for football). But after I started playing, my coach would come out and wait by the bus just to make sure I didn’t get on the bus. I would always say that I didn’t really want to play. But when I (grew) and I really got out there, that’s what changed my mind. I didn’t feel left behind anymore when everybody was in school talking about football and having fun.

Q: So, what is your hometown, Camilla, Ga., like?

A: It’s a small place, man. Everybody says it’s a one-stoplight city, but it’s actually bigger than that (population 5,000). It’s a small country town. Everybody knows everybody.

Q: So, what do you do on a Friday night in Camilla?

A: Well, my family would all come together at somebody’s house and grill, have a fire going, some music going and sit around and chill. There ain’t much you can do.

Q: So, no going to the movies or the mall to hang out when you were back in high school?

A: No, you would have to go all the way out of town to go to the movies or the mall. We would go to the Boys and Girls Club and play basketball in the gym.

Q: You seem to really like small-town living. Why is it special to you?

A:: Yes, sir. It’s like it. Everybody gets along. Yeah, there’s some nosy people, too. But it’s a good place to raise a family. You’re going to feel welcome in a small, country town like that.

Q: How did having a son change you or impact you?

A: My son changed everything. I had my son when I was a sophomore in college. And that’s when the biggest change in my life came. When I was a freshman, I was wild. When my son came, I slowed down and started thinking smarter and doing things to benefit him and me. It really just slowed me down and helped me mature, really.

Q: Does he understand what daddy does? (Grover III is 4.) Does he understand football?

A: I don’t know, actually. I do know that I brought him to all my (pre-draft) workouts, and he would always imitate me. So, he would go out there and copy me in all the drills, do the moves and everything. So, I guess he’s learning by watching. It was pretty funny.