Nic Grigsby

Nic Grigsby
No. 2     Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Date of birth: December 26, 1988
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California
Career information
Status: Active
CFL status: International
Position(s): RB
Height: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight: 195 lb (88 kg)
College: Arizona
Organizations
As player:
2011*
2011*
2011*
2012*
2012
2014
2014–present		 Miami Dolphins
Oakland Raiders
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
BC Lions
Las Vegas Locomotives
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
CFL East All-Star: 2014
Career stats
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Nicolas Grigsby (born December 26, 1988) is a Canadian football running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Arizona.

College career

Grigsby played college football at the University of Arizona from 2007 to 2010. During his career he rushed for 2,957 yards on 572 carries with 28 touchdowns.

In 2013, he returned to college to play college baseball at Arizona Christian University.[1]

Professional career

NFL

Grigsby signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on July 26, 2011.[2] He also spent time on the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad.

CFL

Grigsby then signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in May 2012.[3] He was released by the Lions in June.

After spending a year in Arizona playing baseball, Grigsby returned to football signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2014.[4] In his CFL debut he rushed for 122 yards on 21 carries.[5] On October 15, 2014 he was released from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, one week after he was demoted from starting running back. The starting running back duties were given to Paris Cotton. At the time of his release, Nic Grigsby led the CFL with 9 touchdowns and was the fourth leading rusher, rushing for 744 yards. Aside from his great opening game, Grigsby averaged only 47.9 rushing yards per game in the following 13 games with the Blue Bombers.[6]

On October 21, 2014, Grigsby signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[7] He played in 3 regular season games with the Ti-Cats, and both playoff games. In the regular seaason Grigsby totaled 146 rushing yards on 30 carries and 1 rushing touchdown. In late February the Ti-Cats and Grigsby announced a contract extension.[8]

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