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2023
Played in 12 games and drew starts at running back against Rice and South Florida … rushed for 483 yards and six touchdowns on 91 attempts … averaged 5.3 yards per carry … caught nine passes for 30 yards … ran for a season-high 81 yards and a TD on 12 carries in the 34-14 home win over Rice … gashed East Carolina for 80 yards on only five totes with a long of 69 yards in the 41-27 victory … carried 10 times for 65 yards and a score in the 37-29 win at North Texas … had 53 yards and a touchdown on 16 attempts in the 36-10 road triumph over Florida Atlantic … went for 43 yards and a TD on 11 rushes in the 35-17 victory over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl, the program’s first-ever bowl win … piled up 53 yards on just seven attempts against Army.

Prior to UTSA
Transfer running back from Vanderbilt … rushed for 695 yards and five touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 44 yards in 22 career games for the Commodores … led the team in 2021 with 511 rushing yards and four TDs … logged a pair of 100-yard games, with 107 versus Stanford and 117 yards against Ole Miss … piled up 98 yards and a score at Tennessee … three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals out of South Effingham High School in Georgia … had 1,907 all-purpose yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior en route to first-team all-region honors … rushed for 894 yards and 16 scores in 2019 … second-team all-region selection at Calvary Day High School earlier in his prep career … rushed for 763 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior … also starred on the track, including finishing as runner-up in the 100 meters as a senior.

Personal
Born on Dec. 17, 2001 … son of William and Tiffany Griffin … has five siblings, Jasmine, Minah, Krys, Munah and Marshall ... earned his bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in Spanish in 2024 … participating in a study abroad session in Oaxaca, Mexico in Summer 2024.

 

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Redshirt Sophomore
2023

Running Back
5-10 / 205 lbs