Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

I just finished a column for The Journal News and LoHud.com tomorrow on a guy who has a lot for which to be thankful, West Nyack’s Ryan Grant of the 9-1 Green Bay Packers.

As if it’s not cool enough taking handoffs from Brett Favre, Favre has compared this kid to Dorsey Levens.

But just a month ago, he was a marginal NFL player, following a great career at Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey and Notre Dame. Grant was on the Giants’ practice squad in 2005, and suffered a freak off-field accident in which he fell on some glass and severed an artery and tendons in his left arm, costing him all of his 2006 season.

After a strong training camp with the Giants, he was still fifth on the depth chart among running backs, so he was traded to Green Bay for a sixth-round pick (question: how good would he look right now in the black-and-blue Big Blue backfield?).

In Green Bay, Grant was a special teams player and backup running back, but when DeShawn Wynn injured a shoulder Oct. 29 in Denver, Grant got the call. He hasn’t stopped running yet. He had 53 yards on one critical drive in that game, and had 119 yards rushing and his first NFL touchdown two weeks later, and now the Packers have some balance to what was the most top-heavy pass offense/worst rush offense in the league. Now they have a reason to be taken seriously come playoff time, not to mention next Thursday when they have their NFC showdown with Dallas.

Speaking of which, when Grant was at Notre Dame, he had nearly 1,000 yards rushing as a sophomore, replacing the injured incumbent No. 1 back, Julius Jones. When James came back the following year, Grant went back to being his backup. Jones, as you know, is now the Cowboys’ star back.

Grant, who suffered an ankle injury last week, plans to play today in Detroit. It already is sure to be a Happy Thanksgiving for him.