AFL: 2007: Led the Destroyers with 117 receptions for 1,340 yards and 26 touchdowns, setting a franchise single season record...Also rushed 16 times for 80 yards and three touchdowns...Also led Columbus with 40 kickoff returns for 825 yards and two touchdowns...His 31 total touchdowns is also a Destroyers single season record...Named Offensive Player of the Game for Week 8. 2006: Finished second on the Arizona Rattlers with 59 receptions for 857 yards and 21 touchdowns...Offense Player of the Game Feb. 18 and Feb. 24. 2005: Led the Columbus Destroyers in receiving with 166 receptions for 1,426 yards and 21 touchdowns...Set the team record for most 100+ receiving yards games. 2004: Team MVP for the Carolina Cobras...Also led the team on special teams returning 50 kicks for 903 yards before finishing the season with 1,836 all purpose yards...In his career on defense, Groce recorded 41 total tackles and five pass breakups. On kickoff return, he is recorded 175 returns for 3,257 yards and six touchdowns.

COLLEGE: Spent 1998-99 with the Iowa State Cyclones after two years at San Bernadino Valley Junior College. In 15 games Groce had 56 catches for 866 yards and eight touchdowns...Earned Second-Team All-Big 12 recognition following his junior season...Named Football News Pre-Season First-Team All-Big 12 and Sporting News Pre-Season Second-Team All-Big 12 prior to his senior year.

PERSONAL: Played at Cajon High School in San Bernadino, California, where he was Second-Team All San Andreas County as a senior...Also lettered in track in high school...Majored in sociology at Iowa State. He has one son named Damien Jr.