Defensive end, USC, 2007–09
Everson Griffen
Lettered 2007–09 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 93
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 280 lb
- Hometown
- Avondale, AZ
- Born
- Dec 22, 1987, in Avondale, Arizona
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Everson Griffen played defensive end at USC (2007–09). The Minnesota Vikings took Griffen in round 4, No. 100 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 4.5 | – | – |
| 2009 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 9.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 48 | 36 | 84 | 21 | 18 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | USC | 93 | DE | 6′3″ | 280 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅜″ | |
| Weight | 273 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| Bench press | 32 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.25 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.36 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
12 seasons, 162 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
Pro Bowls: 4 (2015–17, 2019) · First-team All-Pro: 2017 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2017
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2017; Sporting News first team 2017.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1 |
| 2013 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 26 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 55 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 36 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 48 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 44 | 13 | 0 |
| 2018 | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 30 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 40 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 162 | 379 | 85.5 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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