Ryan Griffin (quarterback)

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Ryan Griffin

No. 4 New Orleans Saints

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth: November 17, 1989

Place of birth: Santa Monica, California

Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight: 206 lb (93 kg)

Career information

High school: Los Angeles (CA) Chaminade

College: Tulane

Undrafted in 2013

No regular season or postseason appearances

Career history

New Orleans Saints (2013)*

*Offseason, preseason, and/or practice squad member only

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

Honorable Mention All-Conference USA (2012)

Career NFL statistics

Stats at NFL.com

Ryan Griffin (born November 17, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League. He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave.

College career

Freshman year

After redshirting for the 2008 season, Ryan Griffin played in nine games of the 2009 season. Even though he was only a freshman, he led the team in total offense, passing attempts, completions, passing yards, and touchdown passes, while finishing 2nd in completion percentage and passing efficiency. All of his offensive numbers stand as Tulane records for a freshman quarterback.

Sophomore year

Griffin started all 11 games he played in as a sophomore in the 2010 season, and ranked 6th in Conference USA in passing yards per game, 8th in total offensive yards per game, and 10th in passing efficiency. He gained more than 300 yards in 3 games, including a season-best 412 yards against Tulsa.

Junior year

In the 2011 season, he started all 13 games and once again led the team in total offense, pass attempts, completions, passing yards, touchdown passes, and passing efficiency.

Senior year

As a senior in the 2012 season, he started all nine games he played in and was given an honorable-mention spot on the All-Conference USA team. He finished the season ranked 2nd in C-USA in passing yards per game and yards of total offense per game, and 5th in passing efficiency. Griffin threw for 300-plus yards 5 times with two 400-plus yard games, and twice set the school single-game passing record. He set the record the first time with 466 yards and a career-best 5 touchdown passes vs UAB and surpassed that with 476 yards and 4 TDs vs Rice. Griffin holds the Tulane career records in pass attempts, completions, and completion percentage. He is 2nd in passing yards, passing yards per game, pass attempts per game, completions per game, and 300-yard passing games. Griffin finished his college career with 9026 yards, 56 touchdowns, and 35 interceptions.^[1]^[2]

Professional career

Griffin signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent following the 2013 NFL Draft. On August 31, 2013, Griffin was released. On the September 1, 2013, Griffin was signed to the Saints Practice Squad. He was placed on active roster on October 22, 2013.^[3]

References

↑ "Ryan Griffin Bio - Tulane Green Wave Official Athletic Site". Tulanegreenwave.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
↑ "Ryan Griffin Stats - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 1989-11-17. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
↑ http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_saints_add_former.html

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Active roster	3 Shayne Graham 4 Ryan Griffin 6 Thomas Morstead 7 Luke McCown 9 Drew Brees 12 Marques Colston 16 Lance Moore 17 Robert Meachem 22 Mark Ingram 23 Pierre Thomas 24 Corey White 25 Rafael Bush 27 Malcolm Jenkins 28 Keenan Lewis 29 Khiry Robinson 31 Chris Carr 32 Kenny Vaccaro 37 Jordan Pugh 38 Rod Sweeting 39 Travaris Cadet 41 Roman Harper 43 Darren Sproles 45 Jed Collins 47 Justin Drescher 50 Curtis Lofton 52 Kevin Reddick 53 Ramon Humber 54 Will Herring 56 Jay Richardson 57 David Hawthorne 59 Rufus Johnson 60 Brian de la Puente 64 Zach Strief 66 Ben Grubbs 68 Tim Lelito 71 Charles Brown 72 Terron Armstead 73 Jahri Evans 74 Glenn Foster 75 Tyrunn Walker 76 Akiem Hicks 77 Brodrick Bunkley 79 Bryce Harris 80 Jimmy Graham 82 Benjamin Watson 84 Kenny Stills 88 Nick Toon 89 Josh Hill 92 John Jenkins 93 Junior Galette 94 Cameron Jordan 96 Tom Johnson

Reserve lists	11 Chris Givens (IR) 13 Joe Morgan (IR) 20 A. J. Davis (IR) 21 Patrick Robinson (IR) 33 Jabari Greer(IR) 51 Jonathan Vilma (IR-DFR) 90 Victor Butler (R/PUP) 91 Will Smith (IR) 99 Kenyon Coleman (IR) 98 Parys Haralson (IR)

Practice squad	14 Andy Tanner 19 Chris Williams 30 Jumal Rolle 65 Senio Kelemete 70 Marcel Jones 81 Michael Higgins

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Persondata
Name	Griffin, Ryan
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	November 17, 1989
Place of birth	Santa Monica, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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