Biography
CAREER
Games/Starts: 56/56
Bison debut: at East Central (9/1/22)
First career start: at East Central (9/1/22)
Stats: 439 tackles, 45.5 TFL, 13 PBU, 6 FF, 6 FR, 11.0 sacks, 1 INT ... 16 games with 10+ tackles
Harding Rankings:Â Total tackles: 1st (439) ... Tackles for loss: 1st (45.5) ... Fumbles recovered: 4th (6) ... Fumbles forced: 9th (6)
AWARDS
2024 AP All-America (First Team)
2025 AP All-America (Second Team)
2025 AFCA All-America (First Team)
2025 D2CCA All-America (First Team)
2024 Don Hansen All-America (Second Team)
2025 Don Hansen All-America (Second Team)
2024 D2Football.com Elite 100
2025 D2Football.com Elite 100
2023 Don Hansen All-America (Honorable Mention)
2023 D2CCA All-Super Region 3 (Second Team)
2024 D2CCA All-Super Region 3 (Second Team)
2025 D2CCA All-Super Region 4 (First Team)
2023 All-GAC (First Team)
2024 All-GAC (First Team)
2025 All-GAC (First Team)
2025 GAC Player of the Week (Oct. 20)
2025 Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 20)
2025
Games/Starts:Â 16/16
Position:Â LB
Stats:Â 163 tackles, 12.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 3 FF, 2 FR, 1 INT, 6 QBH, 6 PBU ... 7 games with 10+ tackles
HU Leader:Â 163 tackles ... 2 fumbles recovered ... 3 fumbles forced
HU Single-Season Rankings:Â 1st in tackles (163) ... 15th in fumbles forced (3)
GAC/NCAA Rankings:Â 6th/95th in forced fumbles (0.19) ... 2nd/22nd in fumbled recovered (2) ... 8th/110th in solo tackles (3.94) ... 1st/14th in total tackles (10.2)
Best Games:Â 18 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 1 FF, 2 FR, 1 QBH, 2 PBU at Henderson St. (10/18) ... 15 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 FF at Southeastern Okla. (10/9) ... 14 tackles, 0.5 TFL at Southern Nazarene (11/8) ... 14 tackles at Kutztown (12/13) ... 12 tackles vs. Southwestern Okla. (9/11) ... 11 tackles, 1.0 TFL at Southern Ark. (9/20) ... 11 tackles, 1 QBH, 1 PBU vs. UT Permian Basin (12/6) ... 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 QBH, 2 PBU vs. Okla. Baptist (11/1)
2024
Games/Starts:Â 14/14
Position:Â LB
Stats:Â 110 tackles, 12.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks, 1 FF, 1 FR, 7 QBH, 4 PBU ... 5 games with 10+ tackles
HU Leader:Â 110 tackles
HU Single-Season Rankings:Â 3rd in tackles (110)
GAC/NCAA Rankings:Â 7th/57th in total tackles (7.9)
Best Games:Â 14 tackles, 0.5 TFL at Ouachita Baptist (10/19) ... 14 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 1 QBH vs. Southern Ark. (10/26) ... 10 tackles, 2 QBH vs. Southeastern Okla. (10/31) ... 10 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 1 PBU at East Central (11/9) ... 10 tackles, 1 QBH at Ferris St. (12/7)
2023
Games/Starts:Â 15/15
Position:Â LB
Stats:Â 94 tackles, 14.0 TFL, 4.0 sacks, 3 PBU, 1 FF, 1 FR
HU Leader:Â 94 tackles, 14.0 TFL
HU Single-Season Rankings:Â 7th in TFL (14.0)
GAC/NCAA Rankings:Â 14th in GAC in solo tackles (3.6) ... 13th in GAC in total tackles (6.3)
Best Games:Â 11 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1 FF, 1 PBU vs. Ark.-Monticello (9/16) ... 10 tackles, 1 PBU vs. Ouachita Baptist (10/14) ... 10 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1 FR at Southeastern Okla. (10/28)
2022
Games/Starts: 11/11
Position: LB
Stats: 72 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 1 FF, 2 FR (TD)
HU Leader: 72 tackles ... 2 fumble recoveries ... 97-yard fumble return
GAC/NCAA Rankings: 3rd/24th in fumbles recovered (2) ... 14th in GAC in tackles (6.5)
Best Games: 11 tackles vs. Henderson St. (10/15) ... 7 tackles, 1 FR, 97-yard fumble return TD at Ark.-Monticello (10/22) ... 9 tackles, 1.0 TFL vs. Northwestern Okla. (10/29)
PREVIOUS SCHOOLS
Transferred to Harding from the University of Alabama
A 2020 graduate of Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, Alabama
Position: LB
Honors: 2019 Alabama Class 7A First Team All-State LB ... All-Birmingham Defensive Player of the Year ... All-Metro South Defensive Player of the Year ... All-Over the Mountain Defensive Player of the Year ... Birmingham, Alabama Quarterback Club Lineman of the Year ... team captain ... 2018 Alabama Class 7A All-State ... Fox 6 Alabama Sideline Defensive Player of the Year ... All-Birmingham First Team Linebacker ... All-Metro South First Team Linebacker
Stats: 440 career tackles ... 13.0 TFL in his junior and senior seasons ... two-time Alabama Class 7A tackles leader
PERSONAL
Born: Birmingham, Alabama
Major: Management
Parents: Steven and Wendy Griffin ... has three brothers (Grant, Heath and Trent)
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles:Â 18, at Henderson St., Oct 18, 2025
Sacks: 2.0, Lenoir-Rhyne, Dec 09, 2023
Tackles for loss: 3.5, East Central, Oct 04, 2025
Interceptions: 1, Okla. Baptist, Nov 01, 2025
