Defensive back, Louisville (from Temple), 2019–24
M.J. Griffin
- Number
- No. 26
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Ypsilanti, MI
M.J. Griffin played defensive back at Temple (2019–21) and Louisville (2022–24).
Career highs
11tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Houston, 2021Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Temple | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Temple | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Temple | 66 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 42 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Louisville | 63 | 39 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 194 | 125 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Temple | 26 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | Temple | 26 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Temple | 26 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Louisville | 26 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Louisville | 26 | DB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Louisville | 26 | DB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′1″ | 200 |
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.
Game by game
2024 Louisville 13 games, 63 tackles, 0.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Austin Peay | W 62–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Jacksonville State | W 49–14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 31–19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Notre Dame | L 24–31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. SMU | L 27–34 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at Virginia | W 24–20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Miami | L 45–52 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at Boston College | W 31–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Clemson | W 33–21 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at Stanford | L 35–38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 37–9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | at Kentucky | W 41–14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Washington | W 35–34 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Louisville 9 games, 42 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs. South Florida | W 41–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atBoston College | L 33–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atVirginia | W 34–17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Pittsburgh | W 24–10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Wake Forest | W 48–21 | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. James Madison | W 34–10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atClemson | L 16–31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. NC State | W 25–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atKentucky | L 13–26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Temple 11 games, 66 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Rutgers | L 14–61 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | at Akron | W 45–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | vs.Boston College | L 3–28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Wagner | W 41–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Memphis | W 34–31 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | at Cincinnati | L 3–52 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | atSouth Florida | L 14–34 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at East Carolina | L 3–45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Houston | L 8–37 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 20 | at Tulsa | L 10–44 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Navy | L 14–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Temple 6 games, 22 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | vs.South Florida | W 39–37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | atMemphis | L 29–41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | at Tulane | L 3–38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.SMU | L 23–47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | at UCF | L 13–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs.East Carolina | L 3–28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019 Temple 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30 | vs. UConn | W 49–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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